Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-19

and sometimes into evil companion.
ship. Many of The .av, of the
earth are not the good of the earth.
To ha In III, samr tint with thOss
who have no regard for Col or home;
to hear their holy religion sometimes
slurred at; to be placed Indcr in
fiucnces calculated TO make one reck-
less; to have no Sabbath, except such
sabbath as in most encampments
amounts to no sabbath at all; to go
out from homes where all sanitary
laws are observed into surroundings
where questions of health are never
discussed; to invade climes where pes.
thence holds possessions; to make long
marches under blistering skies; &c
stand on deck and in the fielCs under
fire, ut the mercy of shot
and shell - We must al.
init that those thus exposed
need especial care, and to the Omni.
present tod we have a right TO com.
mend them. Postal communication
may he interrupted. and letters started
from camps or homes may not arrive
at the right destination; but however
far away our loved ones may he from
us. and however wide and deep the
seas that separate us, we may hold
communication with them via the
throne of God.
Shipwrccked sailor was found float
ing on a raft near the coast of Cali
fornia. While in the hospital he told
his experience and sal he had a com
panion on the same raft for some time.
While that companion was dying of
thirst he said to him: George, where
are you going?' and the dying sailor
said: Il hope | am going to God" If
you do, said the rescued sailor, will
you ask Him to send some watcr?f
After the death of his con- 1anion. the
survivor said, the rain came in tor
rents, and slallcd his thirst and k pit
him alive until he was taken to safety.
The survivor always thought it was in
answer to the message he had sent to
Heaven asking for water Thank
God. we have direct and instantaneous
communication with the Lord Al
mighty through Jesus Christ. Ills only
bcgottcn Son, and in that faith we may
secure the rescue of our imperiled kim
dred. Is not that mighty alienation?
Until this conflict is ended let us be
much in prayer for our beloved coun-
try. Do not let us depend upon the
friendship of foreign nations. Our
hope is in God. Out of every misfor-
tune He has brought this nation to a
better moral and financial condition,
and so let us pray that lie will lift Us
out of this valley of trouble unto
. hiuhar tnip of hlasSin,r
1t is M terry that just as this cou1-
try was re covering from long season
of hard times, so many of our indus
- - sLould now be halted; that buSi-
ness men who thought they could see
their way to pay their debts and build
up more prosperous enterprises I'D
endow their homes with more advant-
ages should have to halt and wait I'M
til the perfidious oppressors of Cuba
shall be turned back. But individual
and national life is always clothed
with mysteries, and we may make our.
selves miserable by stabbing our
selves with sharp Interrogation
points, and plying the ever
lasting questions of "Why?" and
HOVE" and "What?" and When
| While we must OF course, try to be M
| telligcnt on all public affairs, it is a
glorious thing to do our duty and then
fully and confidently trust all in the
hands of God, who has proved Himself
the friend of our country from the
time when the Spanish government
fitted out an expedition to discov it.
to this time, when Spaniards would
| like to destroy il.