Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

ana everything Is notnlng. An WnCn
the uIn that was Ia contain his ashes
was at his command, brought To him
he said: Little urn, thou shalt CON
tain one for whom the world WAS too
little"
no you not also learn from the mis-
fortune of this king nf Babylon what
terrible thing is the loss of reason?
! here is no calamity that can possibly
hrfall uS in this world 81 great as de-
rangement of intcllcct: 10 have the
body Of man and yet To fall below even
the instinct of a brute In this world
Of horrible sights the most horrible
is the idiots stare. In this world
Of horrible sounds the most horrible il
the maniac'S laugh. A vessel driven
on the rocks when hundreds go down
never Ia rise and other hundrcd drag
their manglcd and Shivcring bodies
upoU the winters beach. IL nothing
compared To- the laundering of intel
lccts full Of vas. hoDcS aud attain
mcuts ana capacities. Chr.st's heart
went out To- those who were cpilcpt.r
fallin" into ;hr ire. or m1liac's cutting
themselves Among the toml's; We are az
cu>tomri Ia hc more grateful for phys
zeal health than for the proper work
ing ~ our mind. We are apt To take
it for granted that the intellect which
has served uS ~ well will always lie
faithful We forget that an engine of
such tremendous power. where the
wheels have such vastncs> of circle and
such NwIfturNS of motion. and the least
impeachment m ght put it out Of gear
can only he kept in proper balance 10y
a Divine hand
No human hand could engineer the
train of immortal faculties. How
strange it i that our memory. on
whose shoulders all the misforiunes
and successes and occurrences of
lifetime are placed, should not oftnrr
break down. ami that the scales of
Judgment. which have been weighing
~ much aud 81 long. should not lose
their adjustment. and that fancy,
which holds a dangerous wand, should
not sometimes maliciou>,y wave
il, bringing into the heart fore
holdings and Authorizations the most
appalling. Is it not strange that this
mind. which hops so much in its
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objrct>. should not he dashed to pieces
ON is d appointments? Though 81
delicately tuned, this instrument OF
untold harmony plays ON, though fear
shakes it and veNatiou racks it AMI
sorrow and joy ana loss and gain in
quick succession beat ont OF il their
dirge or toss from il their anthem. Al
morning aud at night. when in your
prayer you rehcar>e the cause, of your
Thanksgiving. next Ia the salvation by
Jesus Christ, praise the Lord for the
preservation of your r"HS"".
See also in this stor
nezzar the use that go.
men. The actions of
used as ins rrmrRss OF
wickedncss in others or as me
:ieG-7of some principle in the ~ ne
government Nebuchadnezzl sub
erved both purposes. Even SO ! will
20 back with you to the history of
every reprobate that the world has
ever seen. and will show you how to
a great extent his wicke iness was linn
tied to its destructive power, and how
God glorifei Himself in the over
throw and disgrace of his enemy. Bah
ylon is full of abomination, and wick
ed Cyrus destroys it. Persia fills the
cup OF ats iniquity, and vile Alexander
puts al eni to it. Macedon must be
chastisei. and bloody Emilius does it.
The bastilc is to be destroyed, and cor
rupt Napoleon accompl!shes it. Even
SO selfish and wicked men are often
made to accomplish great and glorious
purposes
Joseph's brethren were guilty of SUI
perlative perfily and meanness when
they sold him into slavery for about
$, yet how they must have been over
whelmed with the truth that God
never forsakes the righteous when
they saw he had become the prime
minister of Egypt. Pharaoh Expresses
the lsraelites with the most diabolic
tyranny; yet stand still and see the sal
walton of God. line plague descend,
the locusts. and the hail, and the de-
stroying angel, showing that there is
God who will defend the cause
of His people, and, finally, aft
er the lsraelites have passed
through the parted sea, behold.
in the wreck of the drowned army.
that Gods enemies are chaff in a whirl-
WING! In some financial panic the
righteous suffered with the wicked
Houses and stores and shops in night
foundered on the rock of bankruptcy.
and healthy credit without warning
dropped dead in the street, and mon
ey ran up the long ladder of % per
cent, to laugh down upon those who
could not climb after it. Dealers
with pockets full of securities
stood shouting in the deaf ears of
banks Men rushed down the streets
with protested notes after them. those
who be ore found it hard to spend
their money were left without money
to spend. Laborers went home for
want of WORK, to see hunger in their
chair at the table and upon the hearth.
Winter blew his breath of frost
through fingers of icicles. and sheriffs
with attachments dug among the Gin
ders of fallen storehouses, and whole
cities joined in the long funeral pro-
ccssion, marching to the grave of dead
fortunes and a fallen commerce.
Verify, the righteous suffered with
the wicked, but generally the wicked
had the worst of it, Splendid estates
that had come together through
S, hemes of wickedness were dashed TO
pieces like pltter's vessel, and God
wrote with letters of fire, amid the
ruin and destruction of regulations
and estates that were thought impreg-
nable, the old-fashionei truth, which
centuries ago he wrote in His Bible:
The way of the wicked he turneth
upside down" As the stars of heaven
are reflected from the waters of the
-, even so Gods great and mag