Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

trouble of some hind. While g'o. Gus
John Milton was losing his ryrsi"ht h'
heard that Salmasius was glad of il.
While Sheridan's comedy waS being ca
acted in Drury Lane thrater, lundon.
his enemy sat growing at il in IN"
Stage box. While Bishop Cooper was
surrounded 10y the favor of learned men
his wife took his lexicon manuscript.
the result of long life Of anxiety ami
toll, and threw il into the fire. Mi>fur
tune, trial, NCNatiOu for almost every
one. Pope. apPlaudrd of all the world,
has stoop in the shoulder that annoy
him 50 much that lie has a tunnel dug
80 that he may go unubscTNcd com gal-
den To crutIo and from crotto to gar
den. CaUo. the famous Spanish artist.
- Disguised with the cruriiiN that the
pIirst holds before him because it -
such poor specimen "f sculpture. Ana
81, sometimes through taste anu some.
times through learned menace an
sometimes through ply di>trossc.
aye, in 10000 Nays-trouhlcs come 10
EarasS and annoy.
And Yet il is unfair To measure a
mans life by his mi>tortuncs. because
uhCrc there is one stalk Of night had ?
there are ~ ma"iColds and harchcll,;
where there is one cloud thunder
Charged there are hundreds tn stray
gcross the heavens, the glory Of Ian
and shy asleep in their bosom. lie
cause death came and took YOUR child
away. did YOU Immediately forget al,
the i've years, or the ten years, a. the L.
years. in which she came every night for
kiss, all the tones of your heart pea,
ing forth at the sound of her voice oy
the soft touch of her hand? Because in
St me financial Euroclydon your forum"
went into the breakers. did yoI forge
?ll those years in which the luNuricS
and eNtravaganccs of life showcrcd GA
YOUR path! Alas. that j. an unwisc
IIan, an ungrateful man, an unfai. mai,
ar unphilosophlc man. and. mos, of all,
en- un-Christian man, who measures hi
lite on earth by groans and tears AMI
/ Grspeptic lit and abuse and scorn AMI
terror and neuralgia thrust.
Again. remark that there are many
people who estimate their life on earth
by the amount Of none! they have ar-
cumulaicd. They say: - he year lSG6
or 100, or 1898. Was wasted" Why -?
Made no money" Now il is all cant
and insTccrity to talk against money
as though il had no value. 1t may rep
resent refinement and education and
10000 blessed surroundings. Ii is
the spreading of the table that feeds
the childrcn's hunger. 1t is the ligh.
ing Of the furnace that keeps lor
warm. Ii is the making of the bed on
which you rest from care and anxiety
But while all this is SC. he who Ne.
money or thinks OF money as any thing
hut u means To an end will find out hi
mistake when the glittering treasures
slip out of his nervclcss grasp and he
goes out of this world without a shii-
ling of money or a certificate of stock.
lie might betIcr have been the Chris
tian porter that opened Lis gate, or the
begrimcd workman who last night
heaNcd the coal into his cellar. Bon@s
and mortgages and leases have their
use, but they make a Iuor yardstick
with which TO measure life. They
that boast the selves in their wealth
and trust in the multitude of thu ir
riches, none of iEem can. by any means
redeem his brother or give 10 God u
ransom for him that he should not see
corruption"
1t is not sinful egotism for a Chris
tian man Is say: Il am purcr than |
used TO be. ] am more consecratcd to
Christ than I used To be. | have go;
r,cT q great many of the bad habits
! "a v.,yr b. sd 10 indulge. | am e
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