Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-16


home trials MI these modern reli-
gious amount to nothing. They do not
help rlcN do not comfort when there
g. - dad hnur ~ the huu-" Away
with a., ~ and give H. the old d>hiuntd
religion uf Jesus Christ that has COM
turJ,d % many III the days OI SORROW
aud trouble!
Romance and novelty may for a little
while seem Ia be a substitute. The
mIrriJr" day has only gone by, just
gone bN. aud all household cares are
atnr,d for by the joy of being together
and hN the fact that when il is late At
night il is not necessary to discuss
wife Their il j. time to 20. MI the mis-
haps of the newly married couple in the
way of household affairs are not mat
tiers of anxiety or apprehension, but
mrrrimrui The loaf of bread turned
into geological specimen. the slushy
cuStard and iaundiccd and mCasly his
cults, oh. it is very bright sunlight
that falls upon the cutlery and mantrl
ornaments of a new home! Romance
aud novelty will do for II little while,
hut after awhile the romance j. all
gone. and there j. II loaf tn he made, =
loaf that cannot be- swecirnCd by any
earthly condiments. and cannot bc
Favored with any earthly ila,or>, aud
cannot he baked in any ordinary oven
II is the loaf of domestic happiness.
All the ingredients from Heaven Fruit
from the tree of life and swcetened
with the new wine of tn" Kingdom aud
baked in the oven of home trial. God
only can make that loaf. You can cut
il. but il takes God TO make il.
Solomon wrote out of his own misera-
bile cxpcriencc-hc had wretched
home; no man can he happy with two
wives. much less with 700. and out nf
his wretchrd experience he wrote:
Better j. dinner of herbs where low,
is than Il stalled on and hatred there
with" oh, the responsibilities of
housekcepers. Kings bN their iudigeS
ton have lost empires. and generals
through indigestion have lost battles
One of the great statiSticianS saws thai
out nf 1000 unmarried men 30 were
criminals. and out of 1000 married men
only Is were criminals, showing the
power of home. Ard. oh, the rcSpon
sibility resting upon housekscpors! II,
the food they provide. by the couch
they spread. by the hooks they intro
ducc, hy the influence they Eriuc
around the home. they are helping to
decide the physical. the intellectual
the moral, the eternal. welfare of III,
human race. oh. the responsibility!
That woman sits in the house of God
to day perhaps entirely unapprcciatcd
She is the banker of her home the presi
dent, the cashier. the teller. the dis
count clerk. and ever and anon there /.
a panic. tod knows the auxietics nnG
the care, and He knows that this il moi
useless sermon. but that there ar,
nultitudcs of hearts waiting for the
distillatiOn of the Divine mercy ant
solace in their hour of trials and then
home duties and their own fatigucs
The world hears nothing about them
They never speak about them. lou
| could not with the agonics of an IN
QUESTION bring the truth out If them
They keep il still. They say nothing
They endure and will until God aud III,
judgment right their wrongs oh
says some sister. ''are YOU not trying tt
show that all II woman's life at home j.
one of sclfsacriiire?" Yes. my sister
and that is the only kiu. Of life wortl
living. That has been the life of Flor
encc Nightingale; that WAS the life a
Edward payson; that was the life a.
the Lord Jesus Christ; that is the life
of every man or woman that is happy
a life of self-sacriiirr. Those pcoplS
living for thcmsclves--are they happy :.
Find me one. will give you all he ma
tiuns of the earth tn find me one. No:
happy not happy. II is the self
sacrificing people that are happy. for
God pays So largely. 81 gloriously. -
magnificicutly. in the deep and eterna
satisfactions of the soul Sclf.sacrilicf
We all admire il in others. How lit;l.
we exercise of it. How much would we
endure how much would We risk fpr
! others"
\ very rough schoolmaster had q
! poor lad that had offended The laws 0i
! the school. and he ordered him tn come
! up. Now" he said. YOU take oil yuur
coat instantly aud receive this whip
| The hoy declined and more yehemrntly
| the teacher said: Il tell You. now, take
! of YOUR take il of instantly
| The boy again declined. u was not Inc
| cause he was afraid Of the lash he was
used to that in his crurl home hut il
was for shame. lie had no unlprgaT
his coat there went up Il sob of emotion
| all through the school n they saw WHY
| he did not wish 10 remove his coat an,
| as they saw the shoulder blades almost
| cutting through the skin. A. tEr
J schoolmastcr lifted his whip To strike
a resolute, healthy boy leaped up ant
said: stop, schoolmaster; whip me,
| lie is only poor chap; he can't stant
| IL; whip me," oh" said the teacher
| Its going To he a very severe scourg
| ing, But il you want To take the posi-
| ton of n substitute YOU can do it" III,
| boy said: Il don't care. Whip mr
I'll take il. He's only poor chap
|
through the flesh? Whip me-" AND
when the blows came down on the hoy.
] shoulders this healthy. robust lad mad,
no outcry. lie endured il all uncom
| plainingly. We all say Bravo" foi
that lad. Bravo. That. is the spirit o
| Christ. Splendid! How much Scourg
! ing. how much chastiscmcnt, how mucl
anguish. will you and take for Others
oh. that we might have something o
that hoy's spirit! Aye. that we nigh
have something Of the spirit OF Jesu'
! Christ, for in all our occupations ant
trades ard businesses. and all our life
home life. foreign life. We are tn re
member that the sacrifice for other,
| will soon he over
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