Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-22


the roof ii a four-story house can stop
at the window of the second story
Here and tpcre You may iind an in
stance Nhrhc gambler has been re
ported or II, ports himself is being con
,crtcd. but in that case the man was
not fully under the heel of the passion.
The real sDtnhlcr is Il through pass"n-
ger 10 death and p"rdition. The only
use in referring to him is in the way of
prevention. lie began by taking
chances on bookcase or Il sewing ma
| chine at a church fair and ended by get
| ting II few pennies FOR his last valuable
| in II pawnbrukcr's shop. The only man
| who gamhles successfully is the man
who loses so fcarfully ut the start that
he is disguNtcd and quits. Let him win
nj the start and win again, and il means
farewell In home and Heaven. Most
mcr:ilcSs Of all habits.
Horace Walpole says that a man
! dropped down at the door Of a club
! house in London and was carried in
and the gamblers began to bet " neither
| he was dead or not. and when it WA
proposed to bleed him for his recovery
| the gamblers objected that it would
affect the fairncs, of the bet Wha.
noble men they must have been. Bu;
more and more ladies are becoming
( gamblers. They bet at the races and
have prizes in social groups which are
nothing but the stakes of gambling
\ good way for lady TO get into tn,
gamcNter's habit is by beginning with
"progressiye cuchrc." That opens the
door in fashionable way. In one q.
our great cities invitations were sent
out for such "A meeting at the card Ia
hleS. The guests entered. and sat dow II
and began. After awhile the excite
mcnt ran high. and the lady who wa
the hostess tainted and fell under thu.
table. The guests arose, but some on
said: Don't touch the bell, Let Us
finish the game. She would have done
81 herself and would wish Us. il she
| spoke" The game went on for 80 min
utes longer, and then physician was
called. After examination of the case
ii was found that the lady had been
dead 20 minutes. As the guests lift
their hands in surprise | oxclaim in
regard To them: What delicate and re
fined and angelic womanhood.
Again, if you would he master of the
situation. never adjourn until to-mOr,
row what you can do to-day. The .lif-
ference between happy and inspiring
work and wcarying and cNhaustiug and
dispiriting work is the difference be
tween work behind you aud work be.
fore you. But always wait until you
feel like it. wait until circumstances
are more propitious' wait till next weeb
or wait till next year. and the proba-
bility is the work will be only half done
or never done at all. PostponcInent il
the curse of vast population. After
awhile all the things that ought t.
have been done previously will rush il
upon YOU. and, it being too much foI
your brain and nerves, YOU will be a iii
subject for paralysis or nervous pros
tration. How many battles have beer
lost because the general did not strike
quick enough. and the enemy had ful
time to gather reinforcement! YOU
intend some time to write that impor
| taut letter. You intend some time tC
make that business call. You Intend
some time 10 finish that book. You in
tend some time to preach that sermon
Where is some time? What is some
time? Does il walk or does it iloa
about you? Will it happen to come
No. Some time is never. There ar,
no stragglers in the days ard month.
and years. II one day should refuse t.
keep step and become straggler. i
would wreck the universe. Prompt
ness. Up to time! To-day. Now
You will get only what YOU win.
Again, If you would be master of thu
situation, and name i, :ast because i
is the most Important, for you know
that which is last me ntioned is apt to b'
best remembered, charge you get int
your heart and life. your col versatioI
and your manners, your body, mint
and soul, the near G,O0O- yea:-old re
ligion of the Bible. Why so? Becaus
the large majority of people quit thi
life before % years of age. and the pos
sibility is that il you do not take pos
session of this religion, and religion
does not take possession of you whil'
you are young, you will never conn
into alliance. Mrs. Mckinley, tn,
mother of our president. said to me a
the white house: 81 am living on Dor
rowed time, for | am over SO years o
Hge." Ny reply to her was the repl,
| make to you: "All those who arr
over % years of age are living on Dor
rowcd time. since the ma iority of peo
pie go out of the world before 2j year
Cf age
Heraclitus, according to Plato, SAT-
that no man battles twice in the sam
river. Fat. suppose you live to b
octogenanians, do you not sne tha
rostporomcut is an awful waste o
nerve and muscle and brain? What i
is the use of your pulling a heavy loa'
all your life when you can have tw'
of the white horses that st. John 81 .
in Heaven harnessed to your Load? Sup
pose you have Il great mill wheel t,
turn. Ioucanput that mill wheel wher
il will re turned by mill race of waite
one foot deep, poured by small brook
or you can put it along the deep an
swift st. Lawrence, which will rol
: through the mill race tons of waite
=. every second of time. Are YOU goin;
10 run your life by the shadow drip
pings of earthly influence or by tn
rolling rivers of ,omnipotent power
Are YOU going to undertake the wor
. of life with nothing but your ow
brain or arm or with YOUR own brai
and arm backed up by all the terrc>
, trial ard all the celestial forces of tn
: Almighty? ! make as great an offe
rs was ever made by man. ! offer yo
God. He tells me to make that point
: blank proposition. II you want them
| you can have them on your side for I b
earnest askirg-omniscien omn
presence. omripotence. Can you imag
inc greater contrast than youn
man underta king life alone-life. wit
4 all its confrontments of temptatio
f. and obstaclc-and a young man III
dertaking life with every wing of ange
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