Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-03-23

| ing hut man. born of the same parent.
regrncratcd b, the same Spirit.
| clcanscd in the same blood. 10 lie down
in the same dust, Ia get up in the same
| resurrection 1t is high time that we
! all ackuowlc ledge not only the Father
| h""d Of God but the brotherhood Of
! man.
Again. the street impresses me with
! the fact that il j. a very hard thing for
"a man to keep his heart right and to
| get to Heaven. Infinite temptations
sprin" upon uS from these places of
| public rnucour>e. Amid such alllu-
/ rncr. how much temptation to cove;-
| BUSINESS and Ia he DISCONTINUED with
| our humble lot. Amid 30 MANY oppOr-
/ tuniiics for ONcrreachiuc. what temp
! iatiou Ia cNtortiOn, Amid 80 much
| display what temptation IT, vanity,
/ \mid 80 many saloons of strong drink.
| what allurcmcnt To dissipation, In the
! macl>troms and he'll gates of the street.
! how many make quick and eternal
1 shipv reck. II n man-of-war comes
( lack from u battle and is towcd into
; the navy ward. We 20 down 10 look at
/ the spIintcred spars and count the bull
I let holes and look with patriotic adj
miraiion on the flag that iloated in vie
/ tory from the masthead. But that man
/ is more of n curiosity who has gone
! through 70 years of the sharpshooting
| of business life aud Vet sails on. victor
! over the temptations of the street.
/ oh. how many have gone down under
| the pressure. leaving not so much as
! the patch of canvas to tell where they
! perioncd. They never had any peace.
Their dishourstirs kept tolling in their
! ears. II I had an aN and could split
I open the beams of that fine house per-
! haps ! would find in the very heart OF
/ il n skeleton. In his very best wine
/ there is a smack of poor mans sweat.
/ Oh. j. il strange that when man has
/ dc,ourrd widows houses he i dis
/ turbcd with indigestion? MI the forces
/ of nature are against him. The floods
are ready TO drown him and the earth
/ quake To swallow him and the fires To
! consume him and the lightnings to
smite him. But the children Of God
/ are on every street and in the day
when the crowns of Heaven are distrib-
| utcd some of the brightest of them will
I bc given 10 those men who were faith
! full to God and faithful TO the souls of
! others amid the martS of business.
| proving Themselves the heroes of the
/ street. Mighty were their temptations.
mighty was their deliverance. and
| mighty shall he their triumph
! Again. the street impresses me with
| the fact hat life is full of pretension
/ and sham. What subterfuge what
double dealing. what Indebtedness.
1 DO all people " no wish YOU good morn
/ ing really hope for yor n happy day?
/ DO ~ people who shake hands love
each other? Are all those anxious
! about YOUR health who inquire con
| corning it? DO all want to see you who
! know half as much as il pretends 10
| know? Is there not many wretchcd
| stock of goods with brilliant show
window? Passing up and down the
streets 10 YOUR business and your
work. are you not impressed With the
| fact that society is hollow and that
there are subterfuges and pretensions?
Oh. how many there are who swagger
I and strut and how few people who are
natural and walk! While fops shipper
| and fools chucklc and simpletors gig
| gle, how few people are natural and
, laugh. The courtesan and the liber-
tine go down the street in beautiful
! apparel. while within the heart there
are volcanoes Of passion consuming
their life away say these things not
to create in you incredibly or nissan
J thr""" nor do forget there are thou
.fpeople great deal better than
eem. but do not think any me-
pared for the conflict of this life
he knows this particular peril.
comes pretending to pay his tax
ling Eglon and while he stands in
Il OF the King stabs him through
. ,.,h dagger until the haft went in
after the blade Judas yscGsiot kissed
| Christ.
Again. the street impresses me with
she fact that il is a great field for
| Christian charity. There are hunger
and suffering and want and wretched-
ness in the country. but these evils
chiefly congregate in our great cities.
On every street crime prowls and
drunkenness staggers and shame
winks and pauperism thrusts out its
hand asking for aims Here want is
most squalid and hunger is most lean.
\ Christian man going along a street
in New York saw poor lad. ard he
stopped and said: MY boy. 90 YOU
know how to read and write?" The
boy made no answer. The man asked
the question twice and thrice: "Can
YOU read and write?" and then the boy
answered with Il tear FLASHING on the
back of his hand lie said. in def
! ance: .'No, sir; can't read nor write
neither. God. sir. don't want me to
read and write. Didn't He take away
father so long ago never remember 10
have seen him. and haven't had to go
along the streets to get something to
fetch home to eat for the folks. and
didn't |. as soon as | could carry a
basket. have TO go out and pick up Gin
ders and never have no schooling. sir?
God don't want me to read. sir. Ican't
read nor write neither" Oh. these
poor wanderers! They have no chance.
Born in degradation, as they get up
from their hands and knees to walk.
they take their first step on the road TO
despair. Let us go forth in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ to rescue
them. Let us ministers not be afraid
of soiling our black clothes while we
go down on that mission. While we
are tying an elaborate knot in our
cravat or while we are in the study
rounding off some period rhetorically
we might be saving soul from death
and hiding a multitude of sins. Oh.
Christian laymen, go out on this work.
II you are not willing 10 go forth your
self. then give of your means. and if
you are too stingy TO help. then get out
of the way and hide yourself in the
dens and caves of the earth. lest when
Chrisi's chariot comes along the
horses hoofs trample you into the
mire. Beware lest the thousands of
the destitute of your city. in the last
great day. rise up and curse your stu
pidity and your neglect. Down TO
work! Lift them up!
One cold winters day. as Christian
man was going along the Battery in
New York hp S1W "A littln pirl Sant.,d ,t