Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-24

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little higher than that which God in
tended them The bondswomau wants
To be mistress. lIagar keeps crowding
Sarah. The small wheel of "A watch
beautifully went trcading its golden
pathway wants Ia hc the balance
wheel. and the sparrow with chagrin
drops into the brook because il can
not. like the eagle, cut a circle under
the sun.
In the Lords army we all want Ia hr
hri"adirr generals, The slnnp SAYS:
More mast, more tonnage, more can
vas. oh, that | were a topSail Schoon-
cr, or full-riggcd brig. or Cunard
steamer" And ~ the world il filled
with cries of discomfort, bccaus, we
are not willing To stay in the place
where tod put uS and intended us To
hc. My friends he not too proud to
do anything tod tells YOU To do:for the
lack of right disposition in this re-
Spcct the world is strcwn with wonder
ing llagarS and lShmaclS God has
given each one nf u> a wnrl, Ia do.
You carry a Scuttlr Of coal up that
dark alley. N"u distribute that Chris
missionary cause. lou for IL years
sit with chronic rheumatism, display
ing the beauty of Christian SuhmiS-
sion. Whatever God calls Won Ia,
whether it win kissing or huzza;
whether 10 walk under triumphal
arch ar lift the sot ont of the ditch;
whether il he Ia preach on a PcntccoSt
or tell some wandcrcr of the street
I of the mercy of the Christ of Mary
Magdalcnc; whether il lr Ia weave a
garland for a laughing child ON a
spring morning and call her a Mary
Queen. or Ia comb out the tangled
lo, >s of waif If the street and cut mp
one of your old dresses Ia fit her ont
for the sanctuary do il, and do il
and do il right away. Whether il bc
a crown ar yoke. do not tidgct. Ever
laSiin" honur> upon those who do their
work. and do their whole work. and
are contcntcd in the sphere in which
God has put them: while there il wan
Gvring. and exile. and dc>olation, and
Wilderness for discuntcntcd lla-ar aud
l>hmarl
Again. find in this Oriental scene "A
.
She goes forth trudging in the desert.
I What great change it WAS for this
| liagar, There was the tent, and all
: the surroundings Of Abraham's house.
Z beautiful aud luxurious, no doubt.
| Now She il going ont into the hot
I sands of the desert. oh, what a change
Z il WAS, And in our day We often see
, the wheel uf fortune turn. Here is
some one who lived in the very bright
! home Of her father. She had every
thing possible to administer to
her happiness-plenty at the table,
music in the drawing room. welcome
4 ai the door. She is led forth into life
/ b., some one who can not appreciate
her. \ dis>ipatcd soul comes and takes
ner ont in the desert. Crucltics blot
out all the lights of that home circle.
| Harsh WORKS wear out her spirits. The
] high hopes that shonr out over the
marriage altar while the ring was be-
/ in- set, and the vows given. and the
hcucdiction pronounced. have all faded
with the orange blossoms, and there
She is to-day broken hearted, thinking
of past joys and present dcsolation and
coming anguish. liagar in the wilder
ness?
Here is beautiful home. You can
not think of anything that can bc add
cd To il. For years there has not been
the suggestion of a single trouble
Bright and happy children fill the
house with laughter and song. Books
tn read. Pictures to look at. Lounges
10 rest on. Cup of domestic JOY full
and running over. Dark night drops.
| Pillow hot. Pulses fluttcr. Eyes close.
And the foot whose wcll-known steps
on the door sill brought the whole
household ont at eventide crying:
Fathers coming" will never sound
ON the door sill again. a long, deep
grief plowed through all the bright
ness of domestic life. Paradise lost.
| Nidowhood. llagar in the wilderness.
How often is il we see the weak arm
of woman conscripted for this battle
with the rough world. Who is she, go.
ing down the street in the early light
of the morning, pale with eXhausting
work, not half slept out with the slum-
bers of last night, tragedies of suffer.
ing written all over her face. her lus'
treless eyes looking far ahead, as
though for the coming of some other
trouble? Her parents call her Mary,
or Bertha, or Agnes, on the day when
they held her up to the font and
the Christian minister sprinkled on
the infants face the washings
of holy baptism. Her name is chang
ed now. ] hear il in the shuttle of the
wornout shoes. | see it in the figure ot
the faded calico. | find it in the Inca
ments of the woe-begone countenancc.
Not Mary, nor bertha, nor Agnes, but
Hagar in the wilderness May God
have mercy upon woman in her tolls,
her struggles, her hardships, her desc
lation, and may the great heart OF
divine sympathy inclo>e her forever!
Again, find in this oriental scene
the fact that every mother leads forth
tremendous destinies.
You say: That isn't an unusual
scene, n mother leading her child by
the hand" Who is it that she is lie ad-
ing? lshmael, you say. Who is Ishmael,
A great nation is to be founded
nation SO strong that it stands foI
thousands of years against all the ar
mics of the world. Egypt and Assyria
thunder against it, but in vain. Gaulu.
brings mp his army, and his army i,
> smitten. Alexander decides upon 8
campaign, brings up his hosts, ant
dies.
For long while that nation monop
olizes the learning of the world. 1t il
the nation of Arabs. Who founded it
lshmael, the lad that Hagar led int,
, the wilderness. She had no idea sh,
was leading forth such destinies
Neither docs any mother. You pas
! along the street and see and pass boy
and girls who will yet make the eartl
. quake with their influence.
Who is that boy at Sutton Pool, Ply
mouth, Eng, barefooted, wading dow
. into the slush and slime, until his bar
foot comes upon a piece of glass an,
, nc lifts it, bleeding and pain-strucll
That wound in the foot decides that h
be sedentary in his life, decides that h,
/ be a student. That wound by the glas
. in the foot decides that he shall
|, be John Kitto, who shall pro
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