Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-30

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"n+'lc pu' NC -tflngu-t gurtd 1T ihr
weakest gate. With these smooth
stone, from the brook hope to strike
you, not where David struck Goliath,
in the head, but where Nathan struck
David, in the heart: Whose son art
ihuu, thou Young MANI"
There is somi thifg II AL Eintct I'M
Hays to bring nip the old folks. think
many Of our thoughts nj such times are
set To the tune Of Aud Lang Sync.
The old fo,Ls were - busy at such
times In making us HAPPY, and perhaps
on less resource made their sous aud
daughter, happier than You on larger
resource, are able To make Your sons
and daughters The snow Law two
feet ahnvr their graves, hut they shook
off the white blankets and mingled in
the holiday festivities the same wrin-
llcS, the .,amr stnup II shnld'r under
the weight ~ agc. Tia" same I'D 'tylc
of dress or ynat, the same smile. the
same tones Of voice. hope vnu rcmrm-
Der them before they went away. lfnot,
| hope there are those who have re-
cited to you what they were. aud that
there may hC ia Your house SOME article
ri drC-, nr furniture with whirh Won
as>ocIatc IA 'ir memories want to
arouse tho most sacred memories of
Your heart while | make the impas-
stoned intrrru"atorv in regard To- your
pedigree: Nv hose sou asst thou. thou
young man
First, / ac,o,' all tho E Who are de
do not ask Il your parents were perfect.
There are No perfect people now. aud
Ito not suppose there were any perfect
people then. Perhaps there was
sometimes too much blood in their
eye when they ChaSti>cd YOU. But
from what | know of you, You got no
more than lnu deserved, and perhaps a
It'll" more ha,iis"mrrt would have
bccii Salutary. ldt ynu are willing IL
aclIuow ledge. think. that they want
ed Ia do right. From what you otef.
hea"d IA conversations. and from what
You saw al the family altar and at
ncighburhond obScquirS. YOU know
that they had invited tod into their
heart and life. There WAS something
that sustained those old people super
naturally. Won have NO doubt about
thcir destiny. Nou expert il you ever
gSt To- lIcavtu To inject them Just as
You expect To meet the Lord Jesus
Christ. That early association has been
a charm for you. There was time
when you got right mp from Il house of
iniquity and walked ont into the fresh
| air because You thought Your mother
was locking at you You have never
bruu -crr happy IN sin bcrluSc az II
sweet old face that would present IT.
self Trcmuluui> voices from the past
would acco~t you until they were scent
ingly audible, and yuu lu,,lIrd arddud
too s"r who spike There was an cs-
late not mentioned in the last will
| aud testament, vast estate of prayer
and holy example and Christian
cntrcaty AMI glorious memory. The
| survivors of the family gathered to
hear the will read, and this was to
bc kept and that was to hc sold, and 1t
was share and shave alike INT
there was an unwrittcn will that read
something like this: In the r.., %
God, amen. /, being OF sound M.
bcqucaih to my children all my pra5 ~,
| for their salvation; bcPucath To ;n..,
| all the Results Of a liftimc of toll; | he
| qucath To them the Christian religion.
which has been ~ much comfnrt ~ ne.
| aud hope may l~ ,"lacc for them:
| brquralh To them hope of reunion
! when the pariin"s Of life are o.,r.
/ 'Sharc ami >h&rralil,c. may they L. .,r :
| eternal rirEr-. i,gucath L. H. f','
wish that they maN avoid NY a.. ,r-
and copy anything that may HAY" hc, H
wort hN---IE the nam God who D. ,dc
me. and the Christ ~. ..l'..''''... 80.
and the Holy Ghost - IA =Jr-,iii,d ruc.
| make This my last v and t,,'.mcnt.
| Witness all you host .cavcn. Wit
ness time, witness eternity. Signed
sealed and delivered in this ou.' dying
hour. Father and Mother" You did
not get that viii proved at thc surro'
gates office. hut take it out to-day
and read il "a You. take it ont uf thu
alcoycs of yunr heart. shake thu
dust of Il. | ask il you viii acccp,
that inheritance. OF will you hrcal, tho
will?
Oh. We Of Christian ancestry! You
have resi- Cn>ibi ity vast beyond al
measurement. tod will moi let YOU on
with Just being rs COOL ~ ordinary
people when YOU had Such CNtraordin
AIRY advantage. Ought not II flower
planted in a dollhouse he more thrifty
than flower planted outside in the
storm? Ought not a factory turned by
the lious1tonic do more work thal {
factory turrcd Ivy thin and shallow
mountain stream? Ought not Won u
great early opportunity bc better thar
those who had cradle unblcsscd? 4
father sets his son up in business. II,
keeps an account of all the cXpendi
lures. SO mach for store fixtures, 81
much tor rent, so much for tins, 81
much for that. and all tn, items aggre
gated, and thu father expects the sor
To give an account Your Heavenly
Father charges against You all the adj
vantageS of a piouS anccstry-so many
prayers so much Christian example, ST
many kind entrcatics-all these era
cious influences, ons tremendous ag
grcgatc, AMI lie asks you for an ac
count of it. Ought not you to be bet
ter than thoS, who have hal no sucl
advantage Better have been a found
ling picked mp off the city common
than with such magnificent in
heritancc of conservation To turn on
tindiffercntly. Ought not you, m,
brother, to be better. having had Chris
tian nurture, than the man who ear
truly say this morning: Il he first wore
1 remember my father speaking to IN
twas an oath; the first time ! rcmcnnbe
my father taking hold of me was il
wrath. never saw IA Bible till | wa
ten years of age. and then was toll,
!. it was a pack of lies. The first 20 year
of my life was associated with tn.
vicious. / seemed to bc walled in b,
sin and DEATH
Now, my brother, ought you not
leave it as matter of fairness will
you-ought You not to be better thai
those who had no carly Christian influ
encc? Standing as you do between tn
generation that is past and the genera
tion that is 10 come, are you going t.
pass the blessing on, or are you goini
to have your life the gulf in whicl
that tide of blessing shall drop out o
sight forever? You are the truste
of piety in that ancestral line
and are you going TO augmen
or squander that solemn trus
fund? Are you going to disinheri
your sons and daughters of the heirloom
which your parents left you? All! tina
can not be possible-that can not b
possible that you are going to TAX