Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-11-10

aud t;siiUii and poinp. mist applahdc5
by all the principalities and powcrs
and rulers of darkness. II will stand.
with grim visage. looking down upon
the graves of all the other slain abom-
nations graves dug 10y the hot show
els of despair. and surmuun,cd by such
phiulugy rs this: 1T bitcth like u
serpent and >tingcth like an adder
The wages of sin is death" Her
house inclincth unto death and her
paths unto the dead.
There il a way that Scrmcth right
tn man. hut the end thereof is
death. lc;,' ! imagine we hav" ar
rived ut the time when we may say,
Wonder stands the last aud only great
evil of all the world 4" Ir wrcstlcd down.
Ii stands. not only looking upon the
graves of all the cntOmbcd and cpl
taphcd impurities of the void. hut ever
and anon gazing upward in defiance
"f the heavens and shal<i. its fist at
the Almighty. saying: Nothing can
put me down. have SEN all the
other enemies of the human race
wrcNtlcd down and destroyed. bat
there Is no arm or foot. human
or angelic or Dciiic, that can throw
me. have ruined whole generations,
and swear 10y all the thrones of dia-
huliSm that ! will ruin this generation.
Come on. all We churches. and all We
. rcformatnrv institutions. and all We
legislatures. and all We thrones,
challenge You. plant my feet ON this
rcd-h"t rock of the worlds woe.
stretch forth my arms for the might
lest wrrStlc any world has ever
seen. Tome on Come on" Then
righteousness will accept the challenge
and the two mighty wreatlcrs will
grapplc. while all the galleries of earth
and Heaven look down from one side
and all the fiery chasms Of pcrdition
look up from the other side The two
wrcStlcrS sway To and fro, and turn
this way and that. AMI now the mon
Stcr. evil. seems the mighticr of the
two. and row righteousness seems
about tn triumph. The prizr is worth
"A struggle. for it is not chaplct uf
laurel or palm. hut the res,rc of
world. and wreath put on the brow
faithful unto death and will give
thee crown" Three worlds earth.
Heaven aud hell hold their breath
while waiting for the result of this
struggle. when. with one mighty swing
of an arm muSclcd with Omnipot cncc
righteousness hurlS the last evil. iir.t on
its knees and then ON its face, and
then rolling off and down with a crash
wilder than that with which Samp.nn
hurled the Temple of Dagon when hc
got hold of its two chief pillars. bhs
more like the throwing of Satan out Of
Heaven, a. described 10y John M.l.on.
Him the Mimi .hty power fun,
Headlong flaming from III" ethcareal sky.
With hideouS ruin an comhu .tion. down
To bottomlr>S pcrliti1n: there to dwell
In adamautinc chains and penal fire
Who burst defy the Omnipotcnt to arms.
Nine times the space that measures day AM
night
To mortal man. he with his horrid crew
i.7y varqui>i cd. rollln. in the fiery gulf
Confounded. thoush Immortal
Aye. That suggests cheering
thought. that il all the rellms of de-
monnlogy are on the other side
all the realms of angclology are on our
side. among them Gabriel and Michael.
the archan"cl. and the Angel of the
New Covenant. and they are now
talking over the present awful strug-
gle and final glorious triumph: talk
ing amid the alabaStcr pillars and
in the ivory palaces and along the
broad ways and grand avenues of
the great capital of the univcrS'.
and amid the spray of fountains with
rainhuwS like the rainbow round the
throne" and as they take their morn
ing ride in the chariotS with white
horses. bitted with gold. that were
seen ~ John in vision apocalyptic and
while waiting in temples for the ono
hundred and forty and four thousand
To chant. accompanied by harp
crs and trumpetcrs and thunder
ings and hallclujahs like the voice
of many waters. Yes, all Heaven
is on our side. and the high places Of
cllCdncSs" spoken of in my text are
not 81 high as the high places Of
Heaven. where there are enough re-
serve forces. if our earthly forces
should he ovcrpowcrCd. or in cowardicn
fall back, to sweep down some morn
ing at davbrcak and take all this earth
for tod before the city clocks could
strike L. for noon. And the cabinet
of heaven. the most august cabinet in
the universe. made up of tnrec-God.
the Father. tod. the Son, and God. the
Holy Ghost-are now in session in the
Kings palace and they are with Us and
they are rOinp To see Us through. and
they invite MS. as soon as we have done
our : arr of the work. tn go up and see
them and celebrate the final victory
that is more sure to come than to-mo
rows sunrise.