Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-05-18

Notwithstanding the fact that the only
! salvation of woman from degradation
aud woe is the Christian religion aud
| the only influence that mas ever lifted
} her in the social scale is Christianity
| | have head that there are women who
re cct Christianity. ! make no remark
in regard to those persons. la the 81
! lrncr uf YOUR own soul make your oh
scrvari"ns.
If infidrIity triumph aud Christianity
! bc uvcrthrnwu. il means the dem"rali/a-
! iiun at socirty. The one idea in the
! Eihlc that atheists and iniidcls most
| hate i the idea of rctrihution. Take
away the idea of rrtrihution and pun
! ishmrnt from society, and il will begin
very soon to diNintcgraic, and take
away from the minds Of men the fear
/ ct hell. and there are a great many of
! them who would very soon turn this
( world into hcll The ma inrity of those
/ who are indignant bccaiISc of the idea
I of punishment are men whose lives are
! bad on whose hearts are impure and
W
B 81 future punishment for the same rra
sou that criminals hate the pcnitcn-
, iiarv. oh. | have heard this brave talk
about people fearing nothing Of the
/ consequences Of sin in the next world.
: aud have made mp my mind il i mere
/ " Il towards whistlinc Ia keep his cour-
age up have seen men Haunt their inn
moralitirs in the face of the communi-
~. and have heard them defy he iutlg
mcnt day and scotl mt the idca of any
| future consequence "f their sin, but
/ when they came to- die they shrickcd
until You could hear them for nearly
two blocks. aud in the summer night
the nriahhors got mp tn put the win
duws down because they could not en-
lurc the horror.
would not want To see a rail train
with 500 Christian people on board go
down through "a draw bridge into Il
watrry grave: would not want to see
500 Christian people go into such dis
aster. hut tell you plainly that could
more easily see that than | could for
any protractrd time stand and see an
iniidcl die. though his pillow were of
cider down and under Il canopy of YER
million. | have never been able to
brace up my nerves for such "A spec
taclc. There is something nj such a
time So Understandable in the countc
nance. just looked in upon il n min
ute or two. bun the clutch of his fist Was
so diabolic and the strength of his voice
was 81 unnatural could not endure il.
There is no hell. there is no he'll, there
is no hell" the man had said for Go
Years, hut that night when ! looked
in the diving room of my iniidcl neigh
bor there was something on his cOuntc-
nance which seemed to say: There is,
there is. there is, there is" The
mighticSt restraints to-day against
theft. against immortality, against lib
crtinism. against crime of all sorts
the michticst restraints are the retri-
buttons of eternity. Men know that
they can escape the law, but down in
the offenders soul there is the realiza-
tion OF the fact that they cannot escape
God. lie stands at the end of the road
Of profgacy. and He will not clear the
guilty. Take all idea of rctrihution and
punishment out of the hearts and
minds of men. and il would not he long
before our cities would become Sodoms.
The only restraints against the evil pas
sions Of the world to-day are Bible re-
| straints.
Suppose now these generals of athc-
ism and infidelity got the victory, and
! .npp,S. ,hav ,narcbn lad :, ureot army
made up of the majority of the world.
They are in companies, in regiments,
| in brigades-the whole army. For
ward. march, We hosts of infidcls and
atheists. banners flying before. banners
flying behind, banners inscribed with
The words: NO God, No Christ, No
punishment! No Restraints! Down
with the Bible. Do as You Please"
The sun turned into darkness.
Forward. march, We great army of
iniidcls and atheists. And first of all
YOU will attack the churches. Away
with those houses of worship. They
have been standing there 50 long de-
luding the people with consolation III
their bereavements and SORROWS. All
those churches ought to be eNtirpated,
they have done so much to relieve the
lost and bring home the wandering.
and they have so long held up the idea
of eternal rest after the paroNysm of
this life is over Turn the st. Peters
and st. Pauls and the temples and tab
crnaclcs into clubhouses. Away VIII,
those chuches,
Forward. march. We great army of in
fidels and atheists. and next of all they
scatter the Sabbath schools filled with
bright-eyed. rosy-cheeked little ones
who are singing songs on Sunday after
noon and getting instruction when
they ought to be on the street corners
playing marbles or swearing on the
commons. Away with them. Forward,
march. We great army of infidels and
atheists, and next of all they will at
tack Christian asylums. the institu-
tons supported by Christian philan-
| thropcs. Never mind the blind eyes
and the deaf ears and the crippled
limbs and the darkened intellects. Let
paraIyzed old age pick up its own food
and orphans fight their own way and
the half reformed go back to their evil
habits. Forward. march, We great
army of infdels and atheists, and with
your battleaNcs hew down the cross
and split up the manager of bethlehem.
On. We great army of in,idels and
atheists, and now they come to the
| graveyards and the cemeteries of the
earth. Pull down the sculpture above
Grecnwood's gate. for il means the Res
direction. Tear away at the entrance
of Laurel Hill the figure of Old Mortal
fly aud the chiscl. On, We great army
of iniidels and atheists. into the grave
yards and cemeteries, and where you
see ASLEEP in Jesus" cut il away. and
where you find a marble story of Heav-
| an IIn.i Il and ,rhnrn ,.nu find nnor. a,