Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-16

INV ming IMAM lhtpnlbbShtll biipNH
himself Hat on his face before the king,
and styles himself a dead dog. In
! the east, when man styles himself "a
dog, he uttcrS the utmost term of self
ahncgatiou. II is not a term so strong
IN this country, where, if a dog has n
fair chance, lie sometimes shows more
nobilit, of character THAN some hutDai
specimens that we wOt of; but the
many ours of the Oriental cities, as
know by my own observation, are ut
tcrly dctcstablc. Mcphibosheth gives
the utmost term of sclf-loathing when
he compares himself to a dog, and dead
NJ that
I Consider the analogy, When the
command Is given from tie palace Uf
Heaven tn the human soul Ia come, the
SOUL begins 10 tremble 1t says: "What
is God going to do with me now? Is
he going to destroy me? Is He going
To wrcak his vengeance upon mc?'
I There is more than one MephibOshcth
trembling now, because God has sum
moftcd him 10 the palace Of divine
grace. What are you trembling n bdut9
tod has no pleasure in the death of Il
sinner. lie does not send for you to hurt
You. lie sends for you To do you good.
A Scotch preacher had the follow
ing circumstances brought under his
observation: Thcic ,rgs poor woman
in the parish who wds about tU be
turned out because SHE tohld not Jay
her rent.
One night She heard loud knocking
at the door, and She made no answer,
and hid herself. The rapping continu-
ed louder, louder, louder, hut she made
no answer and continued III hide her
self. She was almost frightened unto
death. She said: That's the officer
of the law come to throw me out of my
home
4 few days after Il Christian bhilan-
thropist met her in the street and said:
My poor woman, where were you the
other night? | came round to your
house to pay your rent Why didn't
tou let me III? Were you at homc?''
"Why," she replied, was that
you?' eyes, that was me; | came to
pay your rent" Why" she said, If I
had had any idea it was you would
! have let YOU in. ! thought il was an
officer come In cast me ont nf my
homo" Oh. soul; that loud knocking
at thy gate to-day Is not the SHERIFF
come to put You in Jail; it Is the
best friend You ever had come To
he your security. You shivcr with ter
rOr because YOU think il i wrath. 1t
is mercy. Why, then, trcmblc before
the King of Heaven and earth calls
you To his palace? Stop trembling and
start right away. oh" you say, Il
can't staff. | have been So famed by
sin. and So lamcd by evil habit | rant
start ain lame in both feet" My
friend, we come out With our prayers
and sympathies to Help ydu up to the
palace. If you want t0 get to the pal
ace YOU may get there. Start now.
The Holy Spirit will help you. All you
have tn do is just to throw yourself on
your face at the feet of of the King, as
Mephibosheth did.
Mephibusheth's caninal comparison
seems cxtravagant to the world, Isn't
when a man has seen Himself as lie re
ally is, and has seen how lie has been
treating the Lord there is no term We
moment enough to express his self-con-
,rursation. The dead dog of Mephi-
UnSh.tuS comparison fails To de-
sea =. lie mans utter loathing of
hin.4clf. Mephibosheths posturing
does not seem too PROSTATE:
When a soul is convicted first he
prav upright. Then the muscles of his
vel, elaX, and he is able to bow his
h.a' After awhile, by an almost SUI
! 81 hA al e.,
pray Ter awhile, " hen uas seen
God aul on himself. c irav> h'r
self ia H'- tae2at t.,. ,' faa
ar' +e~eee ourselves as uod
see? us Y e would perish at the spec
tosle. pu would have no time to
overhaul Either people: Your cry would
he: Esd, be merciful to me, sin
ner
I I'D again: Mephibosheth in My text
stands for the disabled human soul
saved for the sake of another. Mephi-
bosheth would never have got into the
palace on his own account. Why did
David ransack the realm to find that
poor man. and then bestow upon him
a great fortune, and command a farmer
of the name of Ziba TO culture the
estate and give to this invalid
Mephibosheth half the proceeds every
year? Why did King David make
such a mighty stir about a poor fellow
who would never be of any use to the
throne of Israel? 1t was for Jonathan's
sake. IL was Robert Burns calls for
'auld lang sync." David could not
Fl.
him in other days. Three times this
chapter has it that all this kindness on
the part of David tn Mephibosheth was
for his father Jonathan'S sake. The
daughter of Peter Martyr, through the
vice of her husband, came down
to perjury. and the senate of Zurich
took care of her for her fathers
sake Sometimes a person has applied to
you for help. and you have refused him,
but when you found he was the son or
brother of some one who had been your
benefactor in former days. and by a
| glance you saw the resemblance of
your old friend in the face of the APP
| plicant, you relented and you said: "Oh,
! will do this for your fathers sake. ="
You know by YOUR experience what
my text means. Now, my friends, it Is
on that principle that you and | are to
! get into the Kings palace.
! The most important part of every
| prayer is the last three or four words
! of it-"For Christ's sake" DO not rat
tie off those words as though they
were merely the finishing stroke of the
prayer. They are the most important
part of the prayer. When in earnest
ness YOU go before God and say, For
! Christ'S sake" it rolls in, as it were
upon Gods mind all the memories of
/ bethlehem and Gcnnesaret and Col
, gotha. When you say before God,
For Christ's sake" you hold before
Gods mind every groan. every tear
! every crimson drop of His only begot-
ten Son. If there is anything in all
! the universe that will move God to an
act of royal benefaction. it is to say:
For Christ's sake" God is omnipo-
tent. hut lie is not strong enough to
resist that cry, For Christs sake" If
a little child should kneel behind Gods
throne and should say, For Christ's
sake" the great Jehovah would turn
around on His throne to look at her
and listen. No prayer ever gets to
/ Heaven but for Christ's sake. No soul
/ is ever comforted but for Christ's sake.
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