Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-16

tween all events, however remote. The
universe is only one thought of God.
Those things which seem fragmentary
and isolated are only different parts of
that great thought. How far apart
seemed these two events-Josepht to the
Arabian merchant and his rulership of
Egypt, yet you see in what a myster-
iOus wa God connects the two into one
plan. So the events are linked together.
You who are aged men look back and
group together "A thousand things in
your life that once seemed isolated.
One undivided chain of events reaches
from the Garden of Eden to the Cross
OF Calvary, and thus up to the kingdom
of Heaven. There is n relation between
the smallest insect that huns in the
summer air and the archangel on his
throne. God can trace direct anccs-
trail line from the blue jay that this
spring will build its nest i'm the tree
behind the house to some one of the
flock of birds which, when Noah hoist
ed the arl<'s window, with n whirr and
dash of bright wings went out to
sing over Mt. Ararat. The tulips that
bloom In the garden this spring were
nursed by the snowfialSes. The furthest
star on one side OF the universe
could not look toward the furthest
side of the universe and say: "You are
no relation to- me-" for from that bright
orb a voice of light would ring across
the Heavens responding, Yes, yes, we
are sisters" Nothing in Gods uni
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are only Gods way of turning leaf in
the book of His eternal DEGREES. From
our cradle to our grave there is a path
all marked out. Each event i'm our
life is connected with every other
event in our life. Our losses may be
the most direct road to our gain.
Our defeat and our victory are twin
| brothers. The whole direction of
your life was changed by some
| thing which at the time seemed to
/ you trifling. while some occurrence
which seemed tremendous affected
you but little. Gods plans are mag
nificent beyond comprehension. lie
molds us, and turns and directs us, and
we know It not. Thousands of years
are to Him as the flight of a shuttle.
| The most terrific occurrence does not
make God tremble. The most triumph
ant achievement does not lift Him into
rapture That one great thought OF
God goes out through the centuries,
and nations rise and fall, and eras pass,
and the world changes, but God still
keeps the undivided mastery, linking
event to event and century to century.
To God they are all one event, one
history, one plan, one development, one
system. Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord Tod Almighty! l was
years ago in New Orleans at the EXPOSE
tion rooms, when telegram was sent
To the president of the United States
at Washington, and we waited some
Is or 20 minutes and then the presi-
dents answer came back, and then the
presiding officer waved his handker'
chief and the signal was sent to Wash
ington that we were ready
to have the machinery of the
exposition started, and the presi-
dent put his hnger on the electric
button, and instantly the great Corliss
wheel began to move-rumbling. rum
bling, rolling, rolling 1t was over
whelming, and $4,000 people clapped
and shouted. Just one finger at Wash
ington started that vast machinery
hundreds, and hundreds of miles away
and l thought then as think now
that men sometimes touch influences
that respond in the far distance, II
years from now, so years from now,
1000 years from now-l,oOo,OOO years
from now-one touch sounding through
the ages.
We also learn from this story the pro
priety Of laying up for the future
During the seven years OF plenty
Joseph prepared for the famine, anc
when 1t came he had crowded store
house. The life of most men in
worldly respect is divided into years
of plenty and famine. IL is seldom
that any man passes through life with
out at least seven years OF plenty
During those seven years your bust
ness bears rich harvest. for
scarcely know where all the money
comes from, it comes 81 fast. Ev
cry bargain you make seems to turf
into gold. You contract a few bao
debts You are astonishcd with large
dividends. You invest more and more
capital. You wonder how men car
be content with a small business, gath
ering in only few hundred dollars
while you reap your thousands. Thos'
are the seven years of plenty. Nov
Joseph has time to prepare for tho
threatened famine, for to almost
every man there do come sever
years of famine. fou will b
sick. you will be unfortunate, yo'
will be defrauded. There Will be hare
if you have no storehouse upon which