Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-24

of all the others, and they all
look up Ia her for counsel and
for her prayers. Who i She? This
afternoon YOU will find her in the Sab
hath-school. while the teacher tells her
that Christ, who clothed the naked,
and fed the hungry, and healed the
sick. My mind leaps forward - years
from NOW, and | find myself in an AZ
rican Jungle, and there il "a missionary
of the cross addressing the natives, and
their duslly countcnauccS are irradi-
atcd with the glad tidingS Of great
joy and salvation. Who is lac? Did
you not hear his voice to-day in the
opening song of your church service
My mind leaps fnrw ard 50 years from
now, and find myself looking through
thc wIckcdncN> of "a prison. | see u
face SCARED with every crime His
chin on his open palm. his elbow on
his kncc-a picture of despair. As |
open the wicket he starts, and hear
his chain clank. The jail-kccpcr tells
me that he has been in there three
times first for theft, then for arson,
and now for murder lie steps upon
the trap door, the rope is fastened to
his neck, the plank falls. his body
swings in the air, his soul swings off
into eternity. Who il he, and where is
he? This afternoon playing kite on
the city commons Mother. You are now
hosting "A throne or forging chain:
You are kindling a star or digging Il
dungeon.
a Christian mother a good many
years ago sat teaching lessons of re-
ligion to her child, and he drank in
those lessons. She never knew that
Iamphicr would come forth and rStah-
lish the Fulton street PRAYER meeting,
and 10y one meeting rcvoiutioniz, the
dcvotions of the whole earth and thrill
the ctcrniticS with his Christian intlu-
cncc. Lamphicr said il was his mother
who brought him la Jesus Christ She
never had an idea that She was leading
forth such dcstiuics. Hut oh.
when see a mother reckless
of her influence, rattling on toward
destruction, garlandcd for the sacrifice
with un>ccmly mirth and godlcssncsS,
dancing nn down Ia prrditinn. taking
her children in the same direction,
preparing them for life of frivolity,
can not help but say: There they ga
there they go; llagar and lshmacl,'
| tell You there are wilder deserts than
Hccr-shcha in many of the fashion
able circles Of this day. Dissipatcd
parents leading dis>ipatcd chill
drcn. Avaricious parents leading
avariciuus children. praycrlcSs pa
rents leading prayerlcs, children.
They go through every street,
up every dark alley, into every cellar,
along every highway. llagar and Ish-
macE And while | pronounce their
names it seems like thu mplnin of
the desert wind: "IIagar and IShmlcl,"
| learn one more lesson from this
Oriental scene, and that il that
every wilderness has well in il.
llagar and lshmacl gave up To die.
lIagar'S heart sank within her rs She
heard her child crying: Water.
Water. Mater" All" She saws,
my darling, there is no water. This
is desert" And then Gods angel
said from the cloud: What aileth
thee. lIagar?" And she looked up and
L,
where she filled the bottle for the lad.
blessed he God, that there is in every
wilderness a well, if YOU only know
how to find it-fountains for all
these thirsty souls. On that last
day, ON that great day of the feast.
Jesus stood and cried: If any
man thirst. let him come To me
and drink" All these other fouut-
aims you find are mere miragcs OF the
desert Paracelsus. You know, spent
his time IN trying Ia find out the elixir
of lifc-a liquid, which, if taken, would
keep one pcrpctually young in this
world, and would change the aged back
again To youth. of course he was dis
appointcd; he found not the elixir.
But here l tell you of the elixir of
everlasting life bursting from the
Rock of Ages, and that drinking
that water you shall never get old and
YOU will never bc sick. and You will
never die. lilo, every one that
thirsteth. come We to the waters" All
here is a man who says: Il believe all
you say, but | have been trudg
ing along in the wilderness, and cam
find the fountain" DO you know the
reason? l will tell you. You never
looked in the right direction. "Oh,
you say, Il have looked everywhere
l have looked north. south. east and
west, and | haven't found the foun
tain Why, you are not looking in
the right direction at all.
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