Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21

not contain Him, and yet He says lie
finds room tG dwell in q eontrite heart,
and | think in y CHI iSt.;,u = Z,
Ne have ucrn looking for God in tho
infinite let ~ lonl for Him in the in=
fiuite>imat God walking tiic corridor
of the ear. Gui >ittin" IN the gailcrr
of the human ear. God speaking along
the auditory nerve of the ear. tod
dwelling in the ear tG hear that which
CONS from the outside, and so uc5r
the brain and the soul lie can hear
what transpircs there. The Lord of
Host cncamping under the curtains of
mcmbarr, Palace of the Almighty in
the hHmaH ear, Tile rider ON the
white nHtsc of the Apocalypse thrust
ing In, foot into the lulrp of bone
which the Psychologist has been pleas
eel Ia calt the >tirtup of the ear
Are yun ready now for the Question
of my text? Have you the endurance
to bear its overwhelming suggestive
ness? viii you take hold of some pill
lar and balance yourself under the
semi -omnipotcnt stroke? lie that
planted the ear. shall he not hear
Shall the i,nd who gives Ia the appa-
ratu, with which Wc hear the sounds
Of tine world Himself not be- able
To- catch up song and grnan and
blaSpheny and Worship? Does lie
give us n faculty which he has
not Himself? Drs. Wild and Gruber
and IOwnbec invented the acounmct r
and Other Instruments by which to
4 Il, a
these instruments know more than the
doctors who invented them? lie that
planted the ear. shall he not hcar"'
Jupiter of Crcde was always represent
eel in statuary and in painting as with
out ears. suggesting" the idea that he
did not want Ia bc bothered with the
affairs al the world. hut our God has
ears. His ears are open til
their cry" The Bible intimatcs
that two wur,men ON Saturday
night do not get their wages. their
complaint instantly strikes the ear of
Gods The cry of thos, that Raced
hath entered the ears of the Lord of
Of Sabiauth." hid God hear that poor
girl last night Us she threw hers III on
! the prison bunk in the city dungeon and
cried In the midnight: "God havc
mercy Do you really think tod could
hear hcr? Yes. just as easily a. when
II years ago She was sick with scarlet
| fever and her mother heard her when
at midnight she asked for drink of
water. lie that planted the ear, shall
! He not hear
When soul prays God does not sit
bolt upright until tine PRAYER travels
immensely aud climbs to His ear The
| Bible >a.s lie ben Is clear over. In
more than in one place Isaiah said H.
bowed down Ills ear. In more than
one place the Pslimist said h, in.
| clined His ear. by which | come To
believe that tod puts His ear 81
closely down to your lips that lie
can hear your faintest whisper. Ii
| is not God far of up yonder: it is
God away down here, close M, st
| close that when YOU pray To Him
| it is not more Il whisper than a kiss
| All, yes, He hears the captives sigh an
the plash of the orphans tear. AMI tine
| dying syllablcs of the shipwrccl, ID
sailor driven On the Sierries. AM II.
infants Now | lay m, down t. s.,cp'
as distinctly a. lie hears the forti 81 mo
of braZ,n bands in the Dusseldorf is.
tival, as easy as lie hears the sllvn ot
artillery when the Is square, of Eng
| fish tronpS omen all their batteries a;
once at Waterloo. lie that planted the
| ear can hear.
| just As sometimes an cntrancin :
strain of music will lingcr in the car>
for days after you have heard it. and
just as a sharp cry of pain | once hear
while passing through Bellevue h IS
pital chung to- my ears for weeks
and Just as horrid blaSohcmr in
| the street sometimes hauntS uns'.
ears for days, 50 God not only hears.
but holds the songs, tine prayers, tn,
groanS, the worship, the blasphcmy
How we have all wondered at the
photograph. which holds not only TIA,
words you utter but the very tones o
| your voice, so that "a hundred YEAR
from now, that instrument turned
the very words you now uttci
and the very tone of YOU
voice will he reproduced. Amaz
ing phonograph! But more. wonder
full is Gods power to hold. To retain
All, what delightful encouragement
for our prayers. What an awful frigh
for our hard speeches What a>sur
ance of warm-hearted sympathy for al
our griefS. "IIe that planted the ear
shall He not hear?"