Owingsville outlook., 1899-03-16
BITTERNESS OF LIFE.
DIR. Talmage Draws a Contrast Be-
tween Seltishness and Kindness.
-h"uid MAKE the World ~ Pheasant
rinrr--scRttrrrrs ct Wormvo ood
Are iiLrncd To tuiia
the Hun


the Hun.
The contrast hctwccu a life ot self
l~hurs> and a life of kindness i set
forth hN pr. ralmarc white Gi,cours-
my upon the halcful character of II
'oupucror of oldcu time; text. Rev
rlatiun Nil. 10 II: There tell a great
,tar from heaven. burning a. il vrrr
4 lamp and il fell upon the third part
II the rivers aud upon the fountains
# water. and the name of the star il
,allrd Nurnvoud."
Patrick and Iuwth. Thomas Scott.
Matthew Henry. Albert EarucS and
,omc other commentators say that
the star Norwood of my t,>t u.o a
type of Nttila hing of The Huns, lie
wa - called because he was brilliant
a. star. and. like wurmw oud. hc en-
hittcrcd everything he touched. We
have studied the Star Of Bethlehem
and the Morning Star of Revelation
and the Star of Peace. but my subject
callA ~ Ia gaze at the star Normw oud
and my theme might bc called Bril-
liant Bttcruc>>."
\ more extraordinary character his
tory does not furnish than this man
Aitila, the king of the lluu> The
story goes thai one dan a wounded
heifrr came limping along through the
fields. and a hrrd>man followed ir>
bloody tracks on the grass To see
where the hrifcr was Wounded. and
went on back farther aud farther un-
I'll he came To "a sword fast in the
earth. the point downward. a. though
il had dropped from the heavens. aud
against the edges of this sword the
hrif,r had been cut. The hrrd>mau
pulled up that sword and presented
il To Attila. Anita said that sword
must have dropped from the heavens
from the grasp of the god Mars and
it, being given To him meant that At
tia should conquer and govern the
whole earth. Other mighty men have
been delighted at hcing called liber-
atorS or the Mcrciful. or the Good,
but Attila called himself and demand
ed that others call him the Scourge
of God
At the head ni '0o.O0n troops. mount
ed on Cappadociau horses. he swep;
everything from the \driatic Ia the
Black sea. lie pat his iron heel on
Macedonia and Greece and rhrace. lie
made Milan and PaNia and Padua
and Verona beg for mercy. which he
4 L.
To meet his ruinous levy. put up at
auction massive silver tables and vases
OF solid gold. When a city Was cap
turcd IN him. the inhabitants were
brought out and put into three clas>cs
The first class those who could bear
arms. must Immediately enlist under
Attila or be butchcrcd; the second
class the beautiful women. were made
captivcs to the Huns: the third class
the aged men and women, were robbed
of everything and let go back to the
city to pay heavy taN.
II was common saving that the
grass never grew where the hoof OF
Attila's horse had trod. His armies
Redeemed the waters of the Seine and
the Moseile and the Rhine with car
mage and fought on the Catalopian
plains the herceSt battles since the
world stood-30O. 900 dead left on the
field. On and on until all those who
could not oppose him with arms lay
proStrate ON their faces in prayer,
then cloud of dust was seen in the
distance. and , bishop cried; at is
the aid of God" and all the people
took up the cry: 'lt j. the aid of God.
AS the cloud of dust was blown aside
the banners of reinforcing armies
marched in to help against Attila
the Scourge of God" The most un
important occurrences he used as a
supernatural resource. After three
months of failure to capture the city
of Aquileia. when his army had given
up the siege. the flight of a stork ant
her young from the tower of the city
was taken by him a. sign that he
was to capture the city. and his army
inspired with the same occurrence
resumed the siege and took the walls
at a point from which the stork had
queror in attire that his enemies could
not look at him. but shaded their eyes
or turned their heads.
Slain on the evening of his marriage
by his bride. lldfco. who was hired
for the assassination. his followers be
walled him not with tears. but will
blood. cutting themselves with knive:
and lances. lie was put into three
cofiins. the first of iron. the second OF
silver and the third of gold. lie wa.
buried by night. and into his grave
We're poured the most valuable coin.
and precious stones. amounting to The
wealth of Il Kingdom. The gravedig
gers and all those who assisted at the
burial were massacre9. so that il
would never he known where so much
wealth was eutombed.
The Roman empire conquered tn,
world. but Attila conquered the Ro
man empire. He was right in calling
himself scourge. but instead of be
ing "the ScourSe of God" he was The
scourge of he'll.
Because of his brilliancy and bitter
ness the commentators might well ha,,
supposed him To he the star Wormwooc
of the text. rs the regions he devas
tated were parts most opulent Will
| fountains and streams and rivers, yol
see how graphic my text is: "Ther,
| fell great star from heaven, burning
as il were a lamp. and il fell upon tn,
third mart of the rivers and unOn h,
| fountains of waters. and the name o.
| the star is called Wormwood."
Have you ever thought how man,
embittered lives there are all abou
us. misanthropic, morbid, acrid. satur
nine? The European plant from which
wormwood is extracted, Artemsia alb
| sinthium, is a perennial plant. and al
| the year round i; il ready to exude il
| oil. and in many human lives there i.
| a perennial distillation Ct acrid expert
ences. Yea. there arc some who's,
whole work is to she'd baleful in
| huence on Others. There are .Attilai
| of the home. AttilaT of the social cir
Gle. Attilas of the church. Attilas O
the state. and onr-third of the water
of all the world. If not two-ihirds tn,
waters. are poisoned by the falling o
the star Norwood II j. not uncom
| plimentary to human nature that mos
men. a. soon aS tn " get great power
become overbearing. The more powe
men have the better. l. heir power h,
used .or good. The les power mel
| haNr he lpftTr If ib., 49,, :, ror.,;I