Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-01

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youdcr Capitol hill, could offer reso-
luton upon the subject of divorce that
could keep uut of the next century
much Of the free lOvism and dissolute-
ness which have cursed this century.
another thing that we need to get
| fixed up before the clock shall striLe
! r. on that night of centennial transition
| is the expulsion of war by the power of
| arbitration. Within the next three
| years we ought to have, and hope will
| have. what might lie called "a jury of
! nations" which shall render verdict On
| all coutrOVcrted international ques-
| tiOnS. All civilized nations are ready
| for il. Great Britain with a standing
army OF 100000 men. France with q
| standing army of $4,000 men, Ger
many with standing army of 100000
men, Russia with a standing army oi
| 100000 men. Europe with standing
| armies of about 3.jOO,OOO men, the
! United States proposing standing
I army of 100000 men. What glorious
| idea, that Of disarmament! What an
| emancipation of nations and centuries.
| The ear of Russia last summer pro
| posed it in world resembling manifesto
| Disarmament! What an inspiring
and Heaven descending through. In
| some quarters the cars manifesto was
treated with derision, and we were told
! that he was not in earnest when he
made it. know personally that he did
| mean it. Six wears ago he expressed to
| me the same theory in his palace at
| Peterhuf. he then being on the way tO
| the throne. not yet having reached it
| His father. Alexander III. then on III,
! throne. expressed to me in his palace
the same sentiments of peace, and his
wife. the then empress. with tears in
her eyes. said. in reply to my remarks:
Your ma iesty, there will never be an
other great war between Christian ma
tions." "Ah. hope there never will be.
| II there should ever be another great
palace"
! What boon TO the world il Russia
/ aud Germany and England and The
| United States could safely iisband al
/ their standing armies and dismantlt
their fortresses and spike their guns.
What uncounted millions IF dollar,
| would he saved. and. more than that
what complete cessation of human
! slaughter, What an impr Tement oil
| the morals of nations, WI at an ad0p
! ton of that higher and bette manifesto
| which was set to music ar d let dow
! from the midnight heavens of HetEle
hem ages ago, The world has got &c
come to This. Why not make 1t the
peroration of the nineteenth century
Are we going to make present 10 the
twentieth century of reeking hospital,
| and dying armies ard hemisphere
| graveyards? Do YOU want the hoOfS
! Of other cavalry horses on the breast,
of fallen men? Do YOU want other har
vest fields quilted with wheels Of gun
carriages? DO you want the sky g'ar
ing with conilagratinu Of other hnme.
steads? Nh. this nineteenth century
has seen enough of war. Make the DE
termination that no other century shll
be blasted with it.
Will ii rot he grand il on the first la,
| '
and testament OF the nineteenth cen
fury shall be opened and il shall b,
found to read: In the name of God
amen. |. ihc dying century. DO maize
this my last will and testament. give
and bequeath to my heir. the twentieth
century. peace Of nations; swords
which | direct to he beaten into pillow
shares, and spears. which must b'
turned into pruning hooks; armoricS
10 he changed into schoolhOuses aut
! fortresScS to he rebuilt into churchts
and | order that greater honoTS he pu'
on those who save life than upon thos,
who destroy il. And If amid the uni
versal peace now attained those 1--WE
nations. Spain and Turkey, DO not stol
their crueltics, let the other nations
banded together, cXtempOrize polio,
force 10 wipe those countries oil til
map OF nations as a wet sponge wipe
from boys slate at school Il hard sun
in arithmetic. This last will Sign arI
seal and deliver on the 31st day of De
cember. in the year of our Lord l9C0
all the civilized nations of earth and a.
the glorilied nations of Heaven witness
ing"
But what we do as individuals, g.
churches, as nations, as continents, ",
must 90 very soon, If we want the trans
ition from century to century to I've
worthy transition. for hear the trum
pets of the approaching century and tn,
gathering hoofs of the host il leads on
1t has been a custom in all Christian
lands for people TO keep watch nigh
as an old year goes out and a new .yeal
comes in. People assemble in churcht:
about ten O'Clock of that last night o
the old year. and they have prayers anC
songs and sermons and congratulation.
until the hands of the church clock al
most reach the figure II, and then nj
bow in silent prayer, and the scene i
nightly impressive. until the clock il
the tower of the church or the clock II
the tower of the city hall strikes IL
and then all rise and sing with smilin.
face and jublant voice the grand dox
ology. and there is a shaking Of hand
all around.
But what a tremendous watch nigh
the world is soon to celebrate! Thi
century will depart AT II O'Clock of tn,
3ist of December of the year 1900
What night that will be, whethe
starlit or moonlit or dark with tenn
pest! 1t will be such a sight AS you anC
| never saw. Those who watched tn,
coming in of the nineteenth centur,
long ago went to their pillows of dust
Here and there one will see the new
century arrive who saw this century
yet they were too infantile to appre
ciate the arrival. But on the watcl
night of which speak in all neighbor
hoods and towns and cities and cont
nents audiences will assemble and bow
in prayer, waiting for the last brea,l
of the dying century, and when tn,
clock shall strike IL there will be a so
lemnity and an overwhelming awe sucl
as have not been felt for 100 years, anl
then all the people will arise and chan
the welcome of u new century of Joy ant
sorrow, of triumph and defeat, of happi
ness and woe, and neighborhood will
shake hands with neighborhood, ant
church with church. and city with city
| and continent with continent, an(