Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-10-13

over IA generation. Tut il will ,s,mc
down further ON as sure n you sit there
and | stand here. 1iwothv', ministry
was II j c;'d 10y las gran. mother
LOIS. There are men and women here,
the sons and daughters of the Christian
urch. who are such as result of the
conservation of great-grcat- randi
mothers. Why, who do you ink the
Lori - You talk as Though his mem.
DRY was weak i'c can as easily rec
member Il Traycr offered five centuries
ago a. "a raycr offer, Il five minutes
ago. I his ,Xi lains what We q ten see
--omc man or woman distinguished
for hCncvoIcnce when the father and
mother were distinguished for pcnu-
robustness, or you see some Young
man or w man with a had father
and Il hard mother come out glorious
~ for Christ, and make the church sob
and shout and sing under their rxhor-
tatiunA We stand in corner, of the
vcstry and whisper over the matter,
aud say. How is this. such great ic-
~ in sons and dau rhters of sdch par
entail wurdlin,s, aud sin?" will rx-
plain 1t To you If you viii. fctcn me the
old family Bible containing the :uil
record. Let some septua~rnarian loo k
with me clear uTOn the rage of births
and MARI age, ana tell me who that
woman was with the o,d-flshioncd
name Of Jc m ma or Betsy ar Mahitab,l !.
Ah. there She i. the old grandmother,
or rrCat--ran mother, wEo had enough:
religion To- sHturatc Il century.
There she il, dear oid soul Grand-
mother Lois In beautiful Greenwood
cemetery there i, the resting place of
George W Eethunc. once a minister
of BROOKLYN Heights, his name never
SPOKEN among intelligent Americans
without sug- cstng two things-elO-
qucncc and cvaug, ism. In the same
tomb sleeps his grandmother, Isabella
Graham. who 3,the chief inspiration
oi his ministr-. You are not surrr.s-
Ell ut the roctry and athos and pull
pit power of the grandson when YOU
read of the faith and devotion of his
wond rfui anccstrcs,. When You read
this letter, in which she poured out
her widowed soul in lon=inrs for 4
sons ~ vatioL, you will not wonder
that succeeding generations have been
blessed
"NEw YORK. May -. 1871.
This day my only son lett me in
| bitter writings Of heart; he i, again
| launched on the occan-Goi's ocean.
| The Lord saved him from shi rvrrctl.
brought him 70 my home and allowed
me once more To indulge my affections
over him. lie has been with me but Il
| short time, and i'll have | improved il (;
| he has gone rom my sight. and my
| heart bursts with tumulluous grief.
| Lord have mercy on the widows son,
the only son of his mother
! Il ask nothing in all this world for
| MIN: ! rrrcat my petition: Saw. his
| soul alive, give him 81 walton from sin.
| Ii is not tine danger of the seas that
/ distro sscs me; 1t i not the hardshil 5
/ he must undergo; il is not the dread OF
/ never seeing hIm more in this worth;
il is because | can not disc I'm the full
1 fiilmcnt of the promise in him | can
not discern the new birth nor its truit,
/ but every symptom of captivity 10
satan. the world and scl:-wlil.
! This-this is what diStr,ssr> me,
| and in connection with this his
! being shut ont from ordinances at a
distance from Christians; shut u
with those who forget God, proiauc
His name and break His sabbath; mcl
who often live and die like beasts. vet
are accountable creatures, who n.u u
| answer for every moment OF time and
every word, thought and action. q
Lord, mary wonders hast Thou hown
me; Thy ways OF dealing with me Il
mine have not been common on 5;
add this wonder to the rest. Cal,
convert, rcgenerate and establish
n sailor in the faitr. Lord, all
things are possible with Thee; glorify
| Thy Son ana 7sxtend His kingdom by
sea and land; take the prey from the
strong. | roll him over upon thee.
Many friends try To comfort me; mis-.
cradle comforters are they all. Thou
art the God of consolatior; only con-
firm to me Thy precious word. On
which Thou causest me to hope in the
day when Thou saidst to me, Leave
thy fatherlcss children, l will preserve
| them alive Only let this life he a
spiritual life, and put blank in Thy
hand as to all temporal things.
Il wait for salvation Amen"
With such a grandmother, would
you not have right to eNnect a George
Il. Bethune? And all the thousands
converted through his ministry may
date the saving power back to Isabella
Graham.