Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-05-11

! Insignificant affairs In y"ur life became
| the subject "f mutual consultations aud
ndNi>cmcnt. You were So happy YOU
| felt You never could he any happier.
! Ono day dark cloud hn,crcd over Your
| DWELLING. and il got darker auh darker.
| hut ont of that cloud the Shiniu" mes
srn,yrr Of Cod descended Ia incarnntc
an Immortal spirit. Two little feet
/ started uu an eternal Journey. aud YOU
were ~ Head them. gem To- flash in
Heavens c"rnuct. and You to polish it,.
/ Etcruul ares uf Iieht and darkness
! watching the Startiu" ont of newly
created creature. You re jnicrd and YOU
tr"mhlrd at the responsibility that in
Your pn~~c~.inu an immortal treasure
was placed. Nou prayed and r"ioiced
/ and vcpt aud wondered. You were ear
nest in your supplicatiou that Won
! might lead it through lif" into the
kingdom of Cod There WAS a trcmor
IN YOUR carncStncss. Their" was n
double interest about that home There
was an additional interest why YOU
should ,tay there and I've faithful. aud
/ when IN II few months Your house was
| filled with IA" music Of your child's
laughter Won were struck through with
tho fact that you had II >turcuduus mis-
| sion.
Have You kept that VOW Have Won
neglected any Of these duties l. Your
home ~ much Ia Won ~ il used To- he .
Have those anticipationS been graf
iiicd' God help You in your solemn
"Reminiscences, and let His mercy fall
upon YOUR soul. il Your kindness has
been i'll rcpuitrd. tod have mercy on
the parent on the wrinkles Of whose
face j. written the story of u child's
sin. God have mercy on the mother
who. in addition to her other pangs.
las the pang of Il child'> iniquity. Oh
there ar" many. many sad sounds in his
sid world. but the saddrSt sound that
i ever heard is the brcakiu. of Il moth
,r'S heart,
find another point in your life his.
tory, l"u found one day You were
in the wrong road: You could not sleep
AT night: there was Just one word that
seemed To sob through YOUR banking
house or through YOUR office or your
shop or your bedroom. and that word
was eternity" You said: I'm not
ready for it. oh. God have mercy" Tn,
Lord heard. Peace came to your heart
In the breath of the hill and in III,
waterfalls dash you heard the voice
Of Gods love; the clouds and the trees
hailed YOU with gladncss; you cam,
into the house of God. You remember
how YOUR hand trcmblcd as YOU took M
the cup of the communion. You rcmem-
her the old minister who consecrated IL
aud Won remember the church official
who carried il through the aisle: YOU
remember the old people who AT the
close of the service took YOUR hand in
theirs in congratulating sympathy. rs
much as to say: welcome home. YOU
lost prodigal." and. though those hands
he all withcred away. that communion
Sabbath is rcsurrected to-day. Ii Is
rcsurrcctrd with all its prayers ant
songs aud tears and sermons and trans.
fguration. Have YOU kept those vows
Have you been a backSlidcr? God hell
YOU. This day kneel nj the foot oi
mercy and start again for Heaven
Start now as you started then. rous,
your soul by that "Reminiscences.
But | must not spend any more ot
my time in going over the advantages
of your life. | just put them in on,
great sheaf. and | call them up in YOU
= r.-mory with oI.e loud harvest song
such as the rcapers sing. Praise tn,
Lord. We blood bought immortals on
earth. Praise the Lord. We crowned
spirits of Heaven,
But some of you have not always hat
Il smooth life. Some of you are now il
the shadow. Others had their trouble,
years ago. You are mere wreck o.
what YOU once were. ! must gather III
the sorrows of your past life. But how
shall do it" You say that is impossi
Bile, as You have had So many trouble,
and advcrsities. Then | will just taxi,
two-the first trouble and the las
trouble. AS when YOU are walkin.
along the street and there has beer
music in the distance YOU unconscious
ly find yourselves keeping step to tn,
music. so, when you started life. YOU
very life was Il musical time beat. Tn,
air was full of joy and hilarity. Will
the bright clear oar YOU made the boa
skip. lou went on, and life grew
brighter, until after awhile suddenly i
voice from Heaven said: Halt" ans
quick as the sunshine you halted. yor
grew pale. you confronted YOUR frs
sorrow. You had no idea that the flusl
on your child's check was an unhealth,
flush. Iou said il cannot he anything
serious. Death in slippered feet walked
round about the cradle. You did not
hear the tread. But after awhile tn,
truth flashed ON YOU. You walked tn,
floor. Oh. if you could. with your
strong. stout hand. have wrenched thai
child from the destroyer. You wsnt
tn your room. and you said: God. saw,
my child. God. save my child" Tn,
world seemed going out in darkness
You said: Il can't bear il; | cant bear
it," You felt as il you could not pu
the long lashes over the bright eyes
never tn see them again sparkle. Il
you could have taken that little one il
your arms and with it leaped the grave
how gladly YOU would have done il. L
you could let your property go. youI
houses go. your land and your store
house go. how gladly you would have al
lowed them 10 depart if you could onl,
have kept that one treasure.
But one day there came up a chill
blast that swept through the bedroom
and instantly all the lights went out
and there was darkness-thick. murky
impenetrable. shuddering darkness
But God did not leave you there. Mere,
spoke. As You took up the bitter cuI
to put il to your lips God said: Let il
pass" and forthwith, as by the hand al
angels. another cup was put into yOul
hands. II was the cup of Gods con
ISOLATION. And as you have sometime:
lifted the head of a wounded soldier ant
poured wine into his lips, So God put,
Ills left arm under YOUR head and with
His right hand He pours into your lips
the wine of His comfort and His con.
ISOLATION. and you looked at the empty
cradle and looked al your broken heart
and YOU looked at the Lords chastise
mcnt. and YOU said: Even So. Father
for so il seemcth good in Thy sight"