Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-09

hinching &, d mess such were the
h>agcs of Suc., ty in ancient times that,
had this lSrarlitr bowed to the prime
minister. il would have been an acllnowl-
cdgmcnt Of respect for his character
and nation. Mordecai would. there
fore, have Ninned against hi, religion
had he made any obcisauc. or dropped
his chin half I'm inch b fore Hannah.
When, therefore, proud lIanan, at
tempted tn compel an homage which
was not felt, he only did what the
world ever since has tried To do when
II would force our holy religion in
any way Ia yield to its dictates. Dan
iel. il he had been a man of rclig-
ious compromises, would never have
been thrown into the den of lions.
He might have made some arrange.
mcnts with King Darius whereby he
could have retained part of his form
of religion without making hims If 81
completely obnoxious tn the idolatorS
Paul might have retained the favor of
his rulers and escaped martyrdom If he
had only been willing to mix up his
Christian faith with few errors. His
unbcndinC Christian character was
taken as an insult.
Fagot and rack and halter in all
ages have been only the different ways
in which the worl has demanded
ohciSancc. Ii was once. away up on
the top of the temple, that Satan com
manded the Holy One of Nazareth to
kneel before him. But il is not now So
much on the top of the churches a.
down in the aisle and the pew and the
pulpit that Satan tcmpts the espous-
ers of the Christian faith to knccl be-
fore him.
Why was il that the platonic philos-
opher> of early times. as well a To-
land, Spinoza and lIolingbrolle of later
days, were so madlv opposed to Chris
tianity? Certainly not because it IA
vored immoralities, or arrested civil
ization, or dwarfed the intellect The
genuine reason. whether admitted or
not, was because the religion of Christ
paid no respect to their intellectual
vanities. Blount, and Boyle. and the
host of infidels Matched out by the vile
reign of Charles the Second, as reptiles
crawl out of marsh of Slim. could
they passed along, there were sitting
in the gate of the church such men as
Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and
John, who would not bend an inch in
respect to their PHILOSOPHERS.
Satan told our first parcuts that they
would become as gods if they would
only reach up and take a taste of the
fruit They tried il and failed. but their
descendants are not yet satisfied with
the experiment. We have now many
desiring to he as gods. reaching up
after yet another apple. Reason,
scornful of Gods word, may foam and
strut with the proud wrath of IIa-
man, and attempt to compel the hon.
age of the good, but in the presence of
men and angels il shall be COMPOUNDED.
God shall smite thee, whit ID wall
When science began to make its bril-
liant discoveries there were great facts
brought to light that seemed to over
throw the truth of the Bible.
The archacologist with his crow bar.
and the geologist with his hammer
and the chemist with his batteries,
charged upon the Bible. Moses ac.
count of the creation seemed denied by
the very structure of the earth. The
astronomer wheeled around his tele.
scope until the heavenly bodies seemed
to marshal themselves against the
Bible as the stars in the
courses fought against Sisera.
Observatories and universities re-
joiced at what they considered the ex
tinction of Christianity. They gather
ed new courage at what they consider
ed past victory, and pressed on their
conquest into the kingdom of nature
until, alas for them, they discovered
too much. Gods word had only been
lying in ambush that, in some un
guarded moment, with sudden bound.
it might tear infidelity to pieces.
1t was as when Joshua attacked
the city of All. He selected $1,000 men,
and concealed most of them; then with
a few men he assailed the city, which
poured out its numbers and strength
uponI Joshua's little band. According
to previous plan they fell back in
| seeming defeat, but, after all the
| proud inhabitants of the city had
been brought out of their homes,
and had joined in the pursuit
of Joshua, suddenly that brave man
halted in his fight, and with his
spear pointing toward the city, 10000
men bounded from the thickets as
panthers spring to their prey, and the
pursuers were da shed to pieces, while
the hosts of Joshua pressed up to the
city and with their lighted torches tos
sed it into flame. Thus it was that the
discoveries of science seemed TO give
temporary victory against GOO
and the Bible, and for "a while
the church action as if she were on a
retreat; but when all the opposers OF
God and truth had joined in the pur,
suit. and were sure of the field. Chris,
gave the signal to His church, and
turning, they drove back their foes il
shame. There was found to be nc an
/ tagonism between nature and revela
ton. The universe and the Bible were
found to be the work of the same hand
two strokes of the same pen, theil
authorship the same God
Again: Learn the lesson that pride
goeth before fall. Was any man evei
SO far up as liaman, who tumbled 81
far down? Yes, on a smaller seal,
every day the world secs the sam,
thing. Against their very advantages
men trip into destruction. When Got
humbles proud men it is usually at tn,
moment of their greatest arrogancy
If there be man in your com munity
greatly pulled up with worldly sue
cess, you have to stand but littl,
while and you will see him come down
You say, wonder that God allow'
that man to go on riding over other.
heads and making great assumptions
of power. There is no wonder abou
it, Hannah has not yet got to the top.
Pride is a commander. well plumed
and caprisoned, but it leads forth 8
dark and frowning host We have the
best of authority for saying tina
Pride goeth before destruction and /;
naughty spirit before fall" The ar
rows from the Almighty's culver ar,
apt to strike man when on the wing
Goliath shakes his great spear in def
| anee hut the small stones from tn,