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

into the palace, for I want to show
him everlasting kindness for iona.
thnns sake
Again: Mebhibosheth in my text
stands for The disabled human SOIL
lifted To the kings table II was more
difficult in those times even tlfan II rs
now for common men to get into
royal dining room. The subjects might
have come around the rail of the palace
and might have seen the lights kindled,
and might have seen the clash of the
knives aiid the rattle of the golden COB
lets, but hot get IN stout men with
stout feet could not get n 6rcr w all
their lives to one banquet, yet poor
McphiboShcth goes in, lives there and
is every day at the table. Oh. what
getting up in the world IL was for poor
McphiboSheth. Well, though you I'd
may he wufully famed with sin, for
mr divine Jonathan's sake, hope we
will all get in to dine with the King.
Eefote dining we must be Introduced
II yht IRE invited Va n company of per-
sons where there are distinguished
people present, you are intrSduced'
This is the senator" This Is the
governor This is the president"
before we sit down at the Kings table
in Heaven think we will want to be
introduced. I'M, What time that will
be, when you and /, By the grace Of
God. get into Heaven, and are intro
duced to the mighty spirits there, and
some one will say: This is Joshua"
''This is Paul. This is Moses. This
is john knoH.' This is John Mil
ton" This is Martin luther" This
is George Whitcficld. till, shall we
have any strength left after siitii 4
round of celestial introduction? Yea.
We shall be potentates ourselves. Then
we shall sit down at the Kings table
with the sons and daughters of God,
and one will whisper tn us and say:
Behold what manner az love tbe
Father hath bestowed upon us that we
should he called the sons of Cod" and
some one at the table will say, How
long will il last5 All other banqueIS at
which sat ended. How l'rig will this
last?" and Paul will answer, Forever
and Joshua will say Forever" and
John KpoY will say Forever. and
tleorge WhitcHeid will say forever
And the wine az that harquF' will be
old wine; it win he very pld winei 10
will bc the oldest wine of Heaven il
will hc the wine that was troddcn out
tr.Irt the we'd clusters on the day when
Jesus tfod The wiuEpress alone. Wine
already more than eighteen centuries
old. And no one will derids SIS n to
what we were in this world No one
will bring up our imperfectionS here,
ihit sins here. All our earthly impcr-
fcctions Completely covered up and
hidden. Mephibosheth's fsst under
the table. Kingly fare. KingiY tes'
ture. Kingly companionship. We
shall reign forever and ever. | think
that banquet will mean more to those
who had il hard in this world than
TO those who had it easy. That ban
qdct in David's palace meant more TO
Mcphibosheth thai to any one else, be-
cause he had been poor aid ctippled'
and deSpised, and rejected. And that
man who in This world is blind will
better appreciate the light Of Heaven
than we who in this world had good
eyesight. And that man who in this
w6rid was deaf will better appreciate
the tiusic of Heaven Than We who in
this world had Il good hearing. And
those will have a higher appreciation
of the easy locomotion Of that land
who in this world were Mephibo-
sheths.
b ms s0ul; what a magnificent gos-
pei! II takes man 81 low dawn and
raises him so high! What a gt'spel!
Come now, who wants t6 be bandueted
and empalaced? As when Wilberforce
was trying cot the emancipation bill
| through tn -...'. It, and u
the British to hear of
the passage, .... -.... .ti0n bill,
/ when q vessel was Goa. oport and
the cabtBin af the vessel that the
people wcfe so anxious 20 get the
tidings, he stepped but 6n the PROV of
the ship and shouted 10 the peoples
long before he got up to the dock.
Free and they cried it, and they
shouted it, and they sang it all through
tile land Free! Frsei' So to-day |
wbiild like to sdIind the news Of your
present and your eternal emancipation
Until the angels of God lowering in
the air. and watchmen ON the bats
Elements. and bellmen in the town
cry it, shout it, sing it, ring it:
Free. free | come out now rs the
messenger of the palace toinvitc Mephi=
bosheth to come up. aus here to-day
to tell you that God has wealth of
kindicss td bestow upon You for His
Sans sake. The doors of the palace
are open to receive you. The cup-bear-
ers have already put the ehalices on
the table, and the great, loving, ten
der, sympathetic heart of God bends
over you this moment, saying: us
there any that is yet left of the house
of Saul, that | may show him kindness
for Jonathan's sake7"