Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-08

sinners saved 10y grace take up the har-
mony. for the Bible sulS: NO man
could learn that song hut the hundred
and forty and four thousand which
were redeemed from he Garth"
Eut row come nearer home and put
n dark sasiug on the Gospel harp. \
style of question tina; i krd mil
lion times every year Interrogation
the fourth: Why do ! have it - hard
while others have il s., easy: Or. Why
do | have 50 much difficulty in getting
a liNclihoud while oilers 90 around
with full portmouuair. Or, Why
must wear these plain r,nthg~. while
others have to u,h hard to get their
vardrabcS closed So cruw.j,d are they
with brilliant attirc2 Or. Why should
| have To work 81 hard. while Others
have 2Gi holidays every year, They are
all practically one question. ! answer
them 10y SAVING il * because the Lord
has His favoritcs and He puts extra dis
cipline upon You aud ezra trial. he
cause He has f1r you extra glory. extra
cuthroucmcnt aud extra fcIicitirs.
That is 10 guess OF mine hut Divine
saws 50: "Whom the Lord lnvcth lie
chastcu"th." We'll" SAYS some one:
81 would rather have little los IT,
Heaven anG little more here. Discount
NV Heavenly robe ten pr c'rt. and let
me now put il ON a fur-lircd 0vcrc1It:
put me in a less gorgeous room of the
house Of many mansions and let me
Lave a house her, in better u,ighhor-
Lucd." Ne. no; God i net Cuiu" tn rob
Heaven. which i to I've your residence
for nine hundred qUadrilliou Of years.
to fin up Your earthly abode. which YOU
WI occupy at most for less than cen
tury. and where you may perhaps stay
only ten YEAR, longer. or only one year.
or perhaps Honth more. Now, you
had better ch,crfully let God have His
uav. for. YOU see. lie has been taking
care Of folks for near C."nu years AMI
! knows how Ia Do IL and can see what i
/ lest fer YOU better than YOU can your
| self. Don't think YOU are too insignili-
can't To i've di,incly cared for. II wa
/ said thai Diana. the goddess. coulG no,
! lie present tn keep her temple mt Ephc-
suS from burning because shc was ~
tending upon the birth of him who was
I to he AlcNanGcr the Great. Eat ! tel
| YOU that your God and my God i ="
/ great in small things rs well rs large
: thing. that lie could attend the cradle
/ cf babe AMI at the same time the burn
| ing of Il world.
And God will make it I'll right with
/ 81
| lin" very hour YOUR first ten years in
| Heaven. and the refrain Of that song
/ will hc: Il am 50 glad God did not let
I :hc have it NY own way" Your case
/ Willie all fixed up in Heaven. and there
/ will he such Il reversal Of conditions
! that we can hardly find each other for
/ >omc time Seine of u vino have lived
/ in frSt-rrtC houses here ard in iirst-ratr
/ rci"hborhoods will lie found, because
: of our mkCwarmUcSs Of earthly service.
J living on one of the back streets Of the
celestial city. and clear down nj The end
/ Il il at No. SOS or 9o9 CT 1903 while
J some WHO had uuattIactive earthly
abodcs ana Crampcd one at that. viii
in the heavenly city he in n house front
ing the royal plaza.
You, my brother. and YOU. my sister,
who have it so hard here. will have ii ~
! fine and grand there that You will hard
! Ivknow yourself and will feel disposed
( ~ dispute your own identity. and tn"
first time see YOU there will cry cut :
Didn't tell YOU 50 when you sat down
there in the pew ard looked ircred-
uious because you thought il too good
to he true?" And you will answer:
"Nou were right; the half was not told
me-" SO CEcn Nour dark saying Of
dependency and complain on my t;cs-
! pei harp and give you just orc bar Of
music, for DO rot pretend to he much
of player. The Lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall lead them to
living fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
But. | must confess. ! am little per
picked how some of YOU good Christians
are going II get through the gate, he
cause there will he so many there IA
greet you. and they will all want Ia
shake hands at once and will ali want
the first kiss. They will have heard
that you are coming, and they will all
press around Ia welcome you and will
want you To say whether You know
them after being 50 long parted.
Amid the tussle and romp OF reunion
| tell you whose hand Of welcome YOU
had better first clasp and whose check
is entitled to the first Kiss. II is the
hand and the check Of Him without
whom You would never have got there
at all, the Lord Jesus. the darling of the
skies, as He cries out: Il have loved
,hee with an cvCrlastiu" love. and the
fires could rot burn il, and the floods
could not drown it," Then you, my
dear people. having no more use for my
Ecor harp on which used to open your
dark sayings. and whose chords some
times snapped. dcsruiIing the sym
phony. you will take down your own
barps from the willows that grow 10y
the eternal water courses and play to-
gcther these celestial airs. some of the
rames of which are entitled The King
in His Beauty" The Land That Was
| Far On" And as the last dark cur
tain Of mystery is forever lifted it will
| be as though all the urdtoriGs that were
ever heard had been rolled into one. and
"Israel in Egypt" and "Jephthah' :
Daughter" and Beethoveu's Overture
in e." and Eitter's first sonata in Il
Minor" and the Creation" and the
"Messlah" had been blown from the
lips of one trumpet.
But here | must slow up I,st in try
ing to solve mysteries | add 10 the
mystery that we have already wondered
at-namely, why preachers should keeI
on after all the hearers are tired. So
gather up into one great armful the
why's and hows and wheTefores of your
life and mine which we have not had
time or the ability To answer and write
On them the words: adjourned 10
| Eternity" | re ioice thnt we do not UNI
der>tand all things now, or if we did
what would we learn In Heaven? live
knew il all down here in the freshman
and sophomore class. what would be the
use OF our going to stand amid the
plniors and the seniors? If we could
put down one leg of the compass and