Owingsville outlook., 1899-03-16

three wishes met, tell YOU what they
nould he. First. more of the prac. |
Of God; second. more of the grace of |
la the doorway of my brother John. |
once a missionary tu Annoy hiua there |
was a tree called the emperor tree. the |
two characteristics of which are that IL |
always grows higher than itS sur
roundings. and its leaves take the form |
Of crown. If this emperor tree he |
planted beside rusrbush. il Crews a |
little higher than the bush and spreads |
out above il u crown. u il be planted
bN the side Of another tree il grows a |
little higher than that tree and >preads |
above il II crown. Would God that this |
religion of Christ, u more wonderful |
emperor tree. might ovcr>haduw all |
YOUR lives Are YOU lnwlN IN ambi- |
tiun or circumstance. putting over you |
il, crown" Are YOU high in talent aud |
position. putting over YOU it, crown?
oh. for more uf the saccharin in our
lives and less of the norwood.
What j. true of individuals j. true of
nations. God sets thtgu up to TevolNc
Il. stars. but they MAY fall wormw oOd.
Tyre the atmosphere of the desert
fragrant with >Eicr> coming in cara
vans to her fairs: all seas cleft into
foam bN the kCcl> of her laden mer
chantmru: her markets rich with
horses and camcl> from Togarmah;
the baZar filled with upholstery from
Dcdan. with emerald and coral and
agate from Syria. with mines from
ilelbon. with embroidered work from
AShur and Chilmad. Where now the
glram of her towrre? Where the roar
of her chariot>? Where the mast> of
her ships? Let the fishermen who dry
their nets where once she stood let the
sea that rushes upon the barrenur>>
where once she challenged the admira-
tion of all nations. let the barbarians
who set their rude tents where once
her palaces gliiterrd answer the ques-
tious. She was star. but by her own
sin turned to norwood, and has
fallen.
Hundred gated Thehe>. for all time
To be the ~ udy of the antiquarian aud
hieroglyphist: her stupendous ruins
spread over - miles; her sculptures
presenting in figures oil warrior aud
chariot the victories with which the
now forgotten kings of Egypt shook
the nations: her obtliskS and columns:
karnak and Luxor. the Stupeudous
temples of her pride. Who can imagine
the greatness of Thcbe> in those DAYS.
when the hippodrome rang with her
sports and foreign royalty bowed at
her Shrines and her avenues ruared
with the wheels of professions in the
wake of returning conquerors: Wha,
dash he'd down the Vision of chariots and
temples and throncs? What hands
pulled upon the columns of her glory?
What ruthles esSness dcfaced her sculp-
turcd wall and broke obeli>ks and left
her Understandable temples great skrlr-
tons of granite? What spirit of de-
Struction spread the lair of Wild beasts
in her royal scpulchers and taught the
miserable cottagers of today to build
hutS in the courts of her temples and
sent dcsolation and ruin skulkfnc be-
hind the obelisk> and dodging among
the sarcophagi, and leaning against
the columns. and STOPPING under the
arches, and weeping in the waters
| which go mournfully by. as though
they were carrying the tears of all
ages? Let the mummies break their
long silence and come up to SILVER in
the desoiation and point to fallen
gates and shattered statues ard de-
faced sculpture. responding: "Thebcs
built not one temple to God. Thebes
hated righteousness and loved sin.
1hebes was a star, but she turned to
wormwood and >fallen."
Babylon, with nef1@11 Aer
brazen gates and her embattled walls.
the splendor of the earth gathered with
IN her gates. her hanging gardens built
by Nebuchadnezzar to please his bride.
Amytis. who had been brought up in
mountainous country and could not en-
| dure the fiat country round Babylon.
These hanging gardens, built terrace
above terrace. till AT the height of 400
feet there were woods waving and foun-
tains playing. the verdure. the foliage.
the glory looking as il a mountain were
on the wing. On the tiptop king walk
ing with his queen. Among the statues.
snowy white, looking up at birds
brought from distant lands and drink
ing out of tankards of solid gold or
looking off over rivers and lakes upon
nations. subdued and tributary CRYING:
us not this great Baby Ion which have
built?"
What battering ram smote the walls?
What plowshare upturned the gardens? d?
What army shattered the brazen gates4 4
What long. fierce blast of storm put out
this light which illuminated the world?
What crash of discord drove down the
music that poured from palace window
and garden grove and called the ban
queters TO their revel and the dancers to
their feet? ! walk upon the scene of
| desolation TO find an answer and pick
up pieces of bitumcn and brick and
broken pottery, the remains of Baby
Ion. hear the wild waves saying.
Babylon WAS proud. I.abylon was i'm
pure. Babylon was a star. but by sin
| she turned tn wormwood and has
| fallen"
| From the prosecutions of the pilgrim
| fathers and the Huguenots in other
lands God set upon these shores ma
| ton The council fires of the a horigines
went out in the greater light of free
government. The sound of the war
whoop was exchanged for ire thousand
wheels of enterprise and progress. The
| mild winters and fruitful summers, the
healthful skies. charmed from other
lands 4 race of hardy men. ho loved
| God and wanted to he free. Before the
woodman's AK forests fell aud rose
again into ships masts aud churches
pillars. Cities On the hanks of lakes be-
gan 10 rival cities by the sea The land
quakes with the rush of the rail car,
and the waters are chnrned white with
| the steamers wheel Fabulous bushels
OF western wheat meet on the way fab
| ulous tons of eastern coal. Fruits from
the north pass on therivers fruits from
the south. and trading in the same
market are Maine lumbermen and
| South Carolina rice merchant and Ohio
farmer and Alaska fur dealer and
| churches and schools and asylums seat
ter light and love aud mercy and saliva
tion upon 10000 900 people.
| Pictures Through Insect Lenses.
One of the later marvels of little