Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

| do not nuoW what may be the fascina
tion of yo"r manners or the Tcpulsive
ness of them; but know this there il
.ur You, my nearer, a field - culture
harvest To reap, a tear to wipe away.
soul tc save. II You have worldly
means, cnusCcTate them tn Christ. If
YOU have cluqucucc. u~c it ON the side
that Paul and NiIhcIfurcc used theirs
II You have learning, put il all into the
poor box ul TN, worlds suffering. But
il you have none of these neither
wealth, nor cloqucncc, nor learn
ing l"u. at any rate, have
smile with which YOU can encourage
the di,hcartcur,; a frown with which
You may blast injustice: voice with
which YOU MAY call the wandcrer back
Ia God. oh, Nou say, that is a very
~arciImouioUs view of lifc!" II is not.
II i, the only bright view OF life, and IL
is the only bright view of death. Com
;rast the death scene of a man who has
measured life 10y the worldly sand
ard with the death seen, Of Il man who
has measured life by the Christian
standard. Quin, the actor i'm his last
moments. said: 81 hope this Tragic
scene will soon nr over. dud | hope TO
keep my dignity Ia the last. Males
h,rhcs said m his last moments to the
conics~ur: Hold Your tongue. YOur
miserable style puts me ont of concCit
with Heaven" Lord Chesterfield in his
last moments, when he ought to have
Iccn PRAYING for his soul, bothered
himself about the prorrieties of tn
>ickroom and said: Give Day boles
chair" Godfrey kucllcr spent his last
hours ON earth ia draw ing diagram of
his own monument.
Compare the silly and horrible depar-
ture of such men with the scrapiiC
glow on the face of Edward Payson. rs
he said in his last moment: The
Freezes of Heaven fan me. | float ia
" sea of glory" Or with Paul. the
apostle. who said in his last hour: IL
am now ready to he offered UP, and tn,
time of my departure is at hard. |
have fought the good fight, have kept
the faith. lICnccforih there is laid AZ
Tor me Il crown of righteousness whic.
tho Lord. the righteous Judge. will give
me" OR compare il win the Christian
GcathbCd that you VII; cssed in -our
own household. oh, ~ friends, u.is
world is false god! /; will consume
You with the blaze in which 1t accepts
YOUR sacrifice, willie the righteous
shall be held IL everlasting remCm-
brancr, and wh.n the thrones have
fail nr,l lr ,nn1nnn Inv. rrttr,.
/ bled and the " rid has persisted they
; hall banquet with the couquerors OF
earth ana the hicrarchs of Heaven.
This is good day in " hich to begin a
new style Of meas urSmeut. How Old
art thou? You see the Christian way
of measuring life and the worldly way
Of measuring it. leave il TO you 10
say which is tna wiSest and best way.
The wheel of time has turned very
swiftly, aud il has hurled us on. The
old year has gone. The niw year has
come. For What You ard have been
launched upon it God only knows. Now
let me ask you all, have you made any
preparation for the futurc? You have
made preparation for time, my dear
brother; have YOU risde any prepare
;ion for eternity! 10 you wonder that
when that man on tie Hudson river. in
Indignation tore ur TIE tract which
was handed to him and just one word
landed on his coat sl.c,e-the rest of
the tract beng pitched into the river
that one word aroused his soul? 1t was
that one word, so long, so broad, so
high, SO deep--''eteruiiy! A dying
--roman in her last moOents said: Cali
il back" They said: what do you
want?" Time she srid; 'call it
~ Oh, il cannot he called back!
Night lose cur fortunes and cali
back, we might lose our health
yhaps recover it, we might lose
cd name and get that back, but
Sne is gone fore sfr.
of you during the past year
.---se@ preparation for eternity, and it
/ makes no difference TO you really, as
| 10 the matter of safety whether you
| 30 now or go some other ycar-whethel
his year or the next year. Both your
'ect on the rock. the waves may dash
| around YOU. You can say: God is cur
refuge and strcugth-a very present
! help" You are on the rock, and you
may defy all earth and hell 40 over
throw you. congratulate you. give
you great joy. 1t is happy new year
| 10 YOU.
can see no soIrow at all i'll the tact
that our years are going. You hear
some people say: Il wish ! could go
back again 10 boy hood" | would not
want to 70 back again TO boyhood. |
um afraid | might make worse life
ont of it than have made. You could
lot afford TO go back to boyLood il it
! we're possible. You might do great
deal worse than you have done. The
past IS gone. Look out fer the future!
TO ell Christians ii is time of glad
ness. am glad the years are going.
| You are coming on nearer home. Let
your cuuntcnauce light up with the
thought. Nearer nome.
Now, when one can sooner get TO IT, /:
center of things, is he not to be conSra.
| u,ated? Who wants to be always in thu
freshman class? We study God in thi.
world by the Biblical photograph OF
Him; but we AL know we can in iiv.
Ia nutes of interview with n friend get
a more accurate idea of Him than We
can by study ing Him 80 years through
PICTURES or words. The little child THAI
ci,d al six months of age knows more
of God than all Andoyer and all FRINGE
ten and all New brunswick.
| Does not our common sense teach Us
tEct it is better to he at the center than
10 be clear out on the rim of the wheel.
holding ncrvously fast to the tire les.
We be suddenly hurled inc tight and
eternal felicity? Through all kinds oi
optical instruments trying to peer in
through the cracks and the keyholes of
Ncaven-afraid that both doors of III
celestial mansion will be swung wide
open before our entranced vision rush
ing about among the apothecary shops
of this world, wondering if this is good
for rheumatism, and that is good for
neuralgia, and something else is good
for u bad cough, lest we be suddenly
ushered into a land of everlasting
health where the inhabitant neycr says:
~ am sick"
In 1885 the French resolved that al
Client they would have kind Ct mu.
sical demonstration that had never
been heard of. 1t would be made up OF