Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-28

was he of his life that hr dccrrcd that
first he should hc buried in coffin of
gold, aud that then that should lie I'M
closed in IL coffin of silver. and that
should be- inc.oSrd in IL coffin of iron.
and then large amount of treasure
should he thrown in over his body
And 81 he was buried, and the men
who buried him were slain, 81 that no
one might know where he was buried.
and no onr might there Interfere with
his treasures. oh, men of the world,
VIII" want To take your money with
you. better have three collins.
Again, remark. you ought IL make
the very h'>t of your hcrcavcmcntS.
The whole tendency is To- brood over
these separations and to give much
time Ia the handl'a az of mcmcntncs of
the departed, an, to make long vista
tjouS L. the cemetery. and to say: ''Oh,
| can never look M again: NV hope is
gone: my courage i gone: my religion
~ gone; my faith in Gnd j. gnn b! On.
the wear and tar AMI exhaustion of
this loneliness Tn" mast frequent
bereavement is the loss OF children. IL
Your departed child had lived
rs long as you have lived do
YOU not suppose that he would nave had
about the same amount of trouble and
trial that You have had? II YOU could
make a choice of your child between 40
years of annoyance. loss, vcxation, cx-
a>pcration and bcrcavrm nts, and 10
years in Heaven, would YOU take the
responsibility of choosing the former
Would you snatch away tine cup of
eternal bliss aud put into that child'>
hands the cup of many bcrcavcmrnts?
Instead of the complete safety into
winch that child has been lifted. would
You like tn hold il down Ia the risks
of this mortal state? Would YOU
like To keep it ont on sea in
which there have been more shipwreckS
than safe VOYAGES? Is il not a
comfort to You To know hat the child.
instead of being bcsoilrd and lung in
To the mirc of sin. is swung clear into
the Skies Are not tho,r ch,liren To
bc congratulate that the point of
celestial bliss which You expect to
reach by a pilgrimage of 30 or 90 or -
years they reached at a fla N? If the
10000 children who had entered
Heaven had gone through the aycra ~
of human life on earth are you sure
all those 10000 would hav, finally
reached th" lli>Nful terminus?
BESIDES that my friends, you
are To look at this matter as a Sci f.
denial on your part for their benefit.
II your children want To go of in "A
May-day party; if your children want
To go ON IA iiowcry and mu steal eNcur-
sion. you consent. You might prefer
To have them with you, but their jubi-
liant ahsenc' satisfies you. Well. your
departed children have only gone out
in May day party. amid fiowcry and
musical entertainment, amid Joys and
hilarities forever. That ought to qucll
some of your grief, the thought of
their %lgc.
30 ii ought to he that Won could
make the best of all bcrcavcments.
The fact that You have SO many friends
in Heaven will make your departure
very cheerful. When you are going on
a voyage everything depends upon
where your friends arc-if they are ON
the wharf that you leave or on the
wharf toward which you are going to
sail. In other words, the more friends
Won have in Heaven the easier it will
bc to get away from the world. The
more friends here, the more bitter
gooI-bys: the more friends there the
more glorious welcomes
Some of you have SO many brothcr
sisters, children, friends in Heaven
that | do not know hardly how You
are going To crowd through. When
the vessel came from foreign lands and
brought prince to our harbor the
ships were covered with bunting. and
You remember how the men-of-war
hundred broa isides; but there was no
joy there compared with the joy which
shall be demonstrated when YOU sail up
the broad bay of Heavenly salutation.
The more friends you have there the
easier your own transit. What is death
to a mother whose children are in
Heaven? Why, there is no more grief
in it than there is in her going into Il
nursery amid the romp and laughter
of her household. Though all around
may be dark, see you not the bright
light in the clouds-that light the
irradiated faces of your glorified kim
dred?
SO, also, my friends, would have
You make the best of your sicknesses.
When YOU see one move off with elias
tic step and in full physical vigor,
sometimes you become impatient with
your lame foot. When Il man describes
an object mile off, and you can not
see it at ali, you become impatient
of your dim eye. When you hear of n
well man making great achievement
you become impatient with your de-
pressed nervous system or your dilapi-
dated health l will tell you how you
can make the worst of it. Brood over
it; brood over all these illnesses, and
your nerves will become more witchy
and your dyspepsia more aggravated
and your weaknesses more appalling.
But that is the DEVILS work, to tell you
how to make the worst of it; it is nv
work to show you a bright light in the
clouds.
Which of the Bible men most attract
your attention? You say, Moses, Job,
David, Jeremiah, Paul Why, what a
strange thing it is that you have
chosen those who were physically dis
ordered! Moses-I know he was nerv-
Gus from the clip he gave the Egyptian.
Job-his blood was vitiated and dis
eascd and his skin distressfnlly erup-
tive. David-he had a running sore,
which he speaks of when he says:
My sore ran in the night and ceased
not" Jeremiah had enlargement
of the spleen. Who can doubt it
who reads Lamentations? Paul-he had
lifetime sickness which the common
tators have been guessing about for
years, not knowing exactly what the
apostle meant by "a thorn in the
flesh" i do not know either; but it
was something sharp, something that
stuck him. i gather from all this that
physical disorder may be the means of
grace to the soul You say you have
so many temptations from bodily all
ments, and if you were only well you
think you could be n good Christian.
While your temptations may be differ
ent, they are no more than those of
the man who has an appetite three
times a day and sleeps eight hours