Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-04

Yes, ! think that one word written
on the ground that day by the finger
of Christ was tn awful word hypoc-
risy. What pretensions to sanctity
are the ror; % tnoss hypocriticsl
Pharlsees? When the fox begins to
pray. look out for your chickens.
One of the cruel magnates of ulden
times was going to rNcommunicate
one of the Martyr, and he began
in the usual iurm-''ln the name
of Col. Amen" ''Stos!' says the
MARTYR: "d,nr say in the name
of Cod VT how many outrages are
practiccd under the garb of religion
and sanctity! When in synodS and
conferences ministers of the Gospel
are about to say something unbrothcr-
" and unlind about member, they
almost always begin by being ostenta-
tiouslv piouS the venom of their as
Sauit corresponding to the heavenly
flavor of tine prciud About to de-
your II reputation tn. say grace be-
fore meal
Tut | am surr there was another
word in that dust / rom her entire
manner | am sure that arraigned
woman WAS rrpcntant. She made no
apology. and Christ in no wise be-
Titled her sin. But her supplicatory
behavior and her tears moved Him,
and when lie stopped down 70 write
ON the ground he wrote that mighty,
that imperial wori, forgiveness.
When on Sinai Goi wrote the law.
lie wrote il with finger of lightning
ON tables of stone. each word cut a. by
a chiscl into tho hard granite surface.
l;ut when lie writes the offens : of
this woman He writes it in the dust so
that it can be easily rubbed out, and
when she rep,nts of it, oh, lie was
mercifui Christ. | was reading of a
legend that j. told in the far east
about Him lie was walking throug h
the streets of city and He saw n
crowd around a dead dog. And one
man said: What a loathsome object
i that dog" Yes" said an other,
his ears are maulei and bleeding"
Yes, said another, the u Tor of his
carcass is dreadful" Then Christ,
| standing there, said: But pearls can
not equal the whitencss of his tee III -
| that any one could find anything
1 pleasant concerning the dead dog,
said: why, this must be Jesus
of Nazareth. Rcprovcd and convict
ed. they went away.
Surely this legend of Christ i good
enough to be true. Kindness in all
| His words and ways and habits. For
! givencss. Word of IL letters, and some
of them thrones. and some of them
palm branches. BETTER have Christ
write close to our names that one
word. though He write il in dust, than
To have our name cut into monumental
granite with tine letters that the
storms of a thousand years can not
oblitcrate. Bishop darlington had d
book of only three leaves. The first
leaf was black, the second leaf red, the
third leaf white. The black leaf sug
gcsted sin; the red leaf atonement;
the white leaf publication, That is
the whole story. God will abundantly
pardon.
| must not forget to say that a.
Christ. stooping down, with His fin
ger wrote on the ground, it is evident
| that HIS SympatnleS are with tins ~ n
itent woman, and that He has nc
sympathy with her hypocri,ic Il pur
>uer>. Just opposite to that is tn,
worlds habit. Why didn't thcs, un
clean Pharisecs bring one of thcil
own number to Christ for cXcoriatior
and carital punishment? No. no They
overlook that IN a man which tn '
damnate in woman. And 80 the
world has had for offending woman
scourges and ohjurgation, and for jus
one offense she becomes an outcast
while for the men whose lives have
been sodomic for 20 years the world
swings open its doors of brilliant
welcome: and they must sit in higl
places. Unlike the Christ of my text
the world writes mans misdcmeanol
in dust, but chisels woman's offens,
with great capitals upon ineffaceablt
| marble