Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-30
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Rest From Earthly Labors Comes Only
With the Graves Refuge.
Those Who Have ToiIcd and Those Who
Have GrirNrd MAY FIND Consolation
In Gods Promise WrIh the
souls Transition Peace
- Found.

/ hIcah H.. 10: "Ari~" yc and depart, Tor
this j. not your rest.
This was the drum beat of prophet
" no wanted la arouse his people from
| their oppressed and sinful conditions
| hut it may just as properly he uttered
now a. them Bells, Ivy long exposure
and much ringing. lose their clcarncss
of tone; hut this rousing bell of the
Go>prl strides in as clear "A tone a.
| " hen il first rang ON the air.
As far a. can see your great want
and mine i rest. From the time we
enter life, great many vcxationS and
anuovancrs take after us We have
our holidays and our seasons of recrca-
tion and quiet. but where IL the man
in this world who has found entire
rest! The fact is that God did not
make this world to rest in. "A ship
might as well go down off Cape Hat
tcras tn find smooth water a. "A man i'll
this world To find quiet. From the
way that God has Strcwn the thorns
and hung the clouds. and >harpcncd
| the tusks; from the colds that distress
| is, and the heats that smite us, and the
| plcurisics that stab us, and the fcvers
that consume MS | know that he did
not make this world aS place To loit'r
in. God does everything successfully,
and this world would toe a very differ
cnt world if il were intended for u> To
| lounge in. Itdocs right well for few
years. Indeed, il is magnificent Moth
| ing but infinite wisdom and goodness
could have mixed this beverage of WA
ter, or hung up these brackets of stars,
| or trained these voices of rlli, and bird,
and ocean ST. that tod has but To lift
| His hand and the whole world breaks
forth into orchestra But after all. IL
| is only the splendors of king, high
way, over which we are To march on To
eternal conPuests
| You and have seen men who tried
to rest here. They gathered around
them the patronage of merchant
| princes. The voice of their bids shook
the money markets. They had stock
| in the most successful railroads, ami in
safe deposit vaults great rolls of gov
eminent securities. They had en-
| blazoned carriages, hich-me titled
stecds. footmcn, plate that confoundcd
lords and senators who sat at their
table, tapestry on which floated the
richest designs Of foreign looms, SPLEEN
dor of canvas on the wall>,eNquisitencss
of music rising among pcdestals of
bronze and dropping, soft and light
on snow of sculpture. Here let them
rest Put back the embroidered cur
tain and shake up the pillow of down.
Turn out the lights 1t is II o'clock
at night. Let slumbcr drop upon the
eyelids and the air float through the
half-opencd lattice, drowsy with mid
summer perfume. Stand back, all
care. anxiety and trouble! But no!
they will not stand back. They rattle
the lattice. They look under the can
opy. With rough torch they startle
his pulses. They cry out at IL
o'clock at night. Awake man; how
can you sleep when things are SO
uncertain? What about those stocks?
Hank to the tap of that fire bell; il is
your district How IL you should die
soon? Awake mani Think of it. Who
will get your property when you are
gone? What will they do with ii?
Wake up! Riches sometimes take
wings. How if You should get poor?
Wake up!' Rising on one elbow, the
man of fortune looks out into the
darkness OF the room, and wipes the
dampness from his forehead and says,
Alas. For all this scene of wealth
and magnificence-no rest"
| passed down a street of city Soith
merchant lie knew all the finest
houses on the street. lie said: There
is something the matter in all these
houses. In that one it is conjugal in
felicity In that one, a dissipated son.
In that. dissolute father. In that, an
IDIOT child In that, the prospect of
bankruptcy. This worlds wealth can
give no permanent sati sfaction. This
is not your rest
| You and ! have seen men try in an
other direction. A man says, If i
could only rise To such and such
place of rcnown; if ! could only gain
that Office; if l could only get the
stand, and have my sentiments met
with one good round of hand-clapping
applause; if could only write book
that would live, or make speech that
would thrill, or do an action that
would resound." The tide turns in his
favor. His name is on 10000 lips.
lie is lowed to, and sought after. and
advanced. Men drink his health at
great dinners. At his fiery words the
multitudcs huzza. From galleries of
beauty they throw garlands. From
Eousetops as he passes in long process
sion. they shake out the national
standards. Here let him rest. 1t is II
o'clock at night. On pillows stuffed
with "A Iation's praise let him lie down.
Hush. all disturbant voices. In his
dreams let there be hoistcd throne,
and across it march coronation
Hush! Lush!
Wake ur." says rough voice. "Po-
litical sentiment is changing. How if
YOU should lose this place of honor?
Wake up! The morning papers are to
be full of denunciation. Hearken to
; the excavations of those who once
carcssed you. Bv tomorrow nighr
there will be multitudes sneering at
the words which last night you ex-
pected would he universally admired.
How can you sleep when everything
depends upon the next turn of the
: tragedy? Up. man! Off of this pill
low The man, with head vet hot
from mis- last Grafton, starts up sud-
denly, looks out upon the night, but
sees nothing except the flowers that
| lie upon his stand, or the scroll from
which he reads his speech. or the books
, from which he quoted his authorities,
and goes to his desk 10 finish his neg
, lected correspondence, or to pen an in
dignant line to some reporter, or
sketch the plan for a public defense
against the assaults of the people
Happy when he got his first lawyers
brief, eXultant when he triumphed
over his first political rival; yet, sit
ting on the very top of all that this
world offers of praise, he exclaims:
, mo rest! No rest
The very world that now applauds
will soon hiss. That world said of the
great Webster. What a statesman!
What wonderful exposition of the con-
stitution! A man fit for any positioni'
That same world said, after while,
Down with him! lie is an Office
seeker. lie is a sot. lie is libertine.
! Away with him!" And there is no
+ peace for the man ultil he laws down
4 his hroi.pn heart N fhn h