Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-31

houses, az aver thH dlriur hour stand
upon the steps of a fashionable motel
or an elegant restaurant, wishing To
give you the idea that that is the place
where they dine. But they do not dine
there They are sinking down lower
and lower dan Ivy day. Neither by day
hpr w hight hAtc iul thine 30 d. s,itI,
ldicis. Before you admit man III,
your Acquaintance ask him politely.
What do Won do f"r,a livingP" Ii he
says, Nothing! SIN gentle
man" look ont for him. lie NAV
have q very SOFT hand aud very fault
less apparel aud have high-Sounding
family name. but his touch is death.
Before You know it you will in his pres
pncc be- ashamed of vour work dress.
business win become To- YOU drudgery,
aid nftrf awhile v6I iii lnsr tou-
place; and afterward y6tir tcsncctaRr!
ity, and last 81 all Your louL ldlcnes S
is next door To villainy. Thieves, gam
bl"'s, burglars shoplifters and asSas-
sins are made from the class VITO Fayo
nothing do When the police go tu
hunt up and arrest a culprit they seldom
go To look in at the busy carriage fac
tory, or behind the counter where dill
igent clerks are employed, but they 20
among the GROUPS of oilers. The play
l. going IN at tho theutcr, when sud
denly there is ~euil'c ~ ne top gnl-
lety. Whit is it, ( policeman his
come in, and. leaning over, has tapped
on the shoulder of young man say
ing: Il want you. sir" lie has not
H., h.,
has rallcd together a shilling or two to
get into the top gallery. lie is an i'd
/ lei. riie man OH his i;gh, hand Is ~
idlcr. and the man on his left hand is
an idlcr.
During the past few years there has
been a great deal of dullness in bust
ness. Young men have complained
that 'l'cS have li'tIs t" dc " they
have nothing else to dO they can fead
! and improve their minds and hearts.
! These tihIcs arr not always to continue.
Busihess Is waking hp; ind the sG-
! pcrior knowledge that in this ihtcrrSg-
mum of work you may obtain will be
worth 100000 Of capital. The large
fortunes of the next 20 years are hav-
| ing their foundations laid now by the
! young men who are giving themselves
| oself-impr"vcia, ant ! went into store
! IN New York and saw i've mcn, all
| christians, sitting around saying That
/ they had nothing to do. II il an out
rage for u Christian man to have
nothing tn do. Let him go out and
visit the poor, or distribute tracts, or
so and read the Bible to the sick, or
take out his New Testament and he
making his eternal fortune. Let him
! 81 into The back Office ard pfay
! Shrink back from idltnesS in your
self aid in others if sou would tuaiu-
/ tain a right position. Good old kshbei
Green, at more than 50 years of age,
was found busy writing. and some
young man said To him: why do you
keep busy? II is time for You to rest. "
lie answered: Il keep busy to keep
! enough he idle
Are yoN fond Hf picthrcsP IL so, I
will slow yoh one of the works OF iii
! old master. Here it is: Il went by
the field of the slothful. and by the
/ vineyard of the man void of under
standing; and 10. it was all
grown over with thorns, and
nettlss had covered the face
! thereof; and the stone wall was broken
! down. Then | saw and considered well.
| looked upon it and received instruc-
ton. Yet a little sleep, a little slum-
Der, a little folding of the hands to
sleep. So shall thy poverty come as
one that traveleth and thy want as an
armed man" don't know
of another sentence in the Iii
/ tlr more explosive than that.
/ 1t first Kisses softly; like the fuse
of a cannon, and at last bursts like a
! 5I-pounder. The old proverb was
right. ''Thc devil tcmpts most men,
but oilers tempt the devil
! A young man came to a man of 90
years of age and said to him: How
/ have you made out to live SO long and
he so well?' The old man took the
youngster to an orchard, and, pointing
/ to some large trees full of apples, said:
II planted those trees when | was n
= boy, and do you wonder that now | am
permitted tn gather the fruitr' We
gather in old age what we plant in our
youth. Sow to the wind and we reap
the whirlwind. Plant in early life the
right kind of Christian character and
you will eat luscious fruits in old age,
and gather these harvest apples in
! eternity.
| l urge you to avoid the perpetual
pleasure seeker. Ibelieve IN recreation
and amusement. God would not have
made us with the opacity to laugh if lie
had not intended us sometimes to in
dulge it. God hath hung in sky, and
set in wave. and printed ON grass many
q roupdelay: but he who chooses pleas
ure seeking for his life work does not
understand for what God made him.
| Our amuscments are intended to help us
in some earnest mission. The thunder
cloud hath an edge exgnisitely purpled,
but with voice that i1rs the earth it de-
claresi II go to w2fcr the green fields"
The wild flowers under the fence are
gay, but thcy/Ay: I'VE stand here 10
make room Tor the wheat field, and to
refresh the husbandmen IN their noon
ing" The stream sparkles and foams
nd~frolics and says: Il go to baptize
the moss. | lave the spots on the trout.
| Stake the thirst of the bird turn
the wheel OF the mill. | rock in my
crystal cradle muckShaw and water
lily" And So while the world plays,
it works. Look out for the man who
always plays and never works.
You viii do well to avoid those whose
regular business it is to play ball,
skate, or go a-boating. All these sports
are grand in their places l never de-
rived 50 much advantage from any
ministerial association as from a minis
terial club that went out to play ball
every Saturday afternoon in the out
skirts of Philadelphia. These recrea-
tons are grand tn give us muscle and
spirit for our regular toll believe in
muscular Christianity. man is often
not SO near God with a weak stomach
as when he has strong digestion.
But shun those no make it their life
occupation tn sport. There are
Young men whose industry and
usefulness have fallen overheard from
the yacht. There are men whose bust
ness fell through the ice OF the skating