Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-12

but God knows and Cod will 70 men bCr, !
and God will adjust, and by Him Ike
falling Of tear j. ~ certainly noticed
Us the burning Of world and tlr ilut-
ter of n sparrOw's wing "a thu hight Of
the apucaIypiic archaH2yl.
Oh what God We have for small
things a. well a. big things, David
no more helped at the front than helped
IL home. The four regiments mob.l- |
lied for the defense of the throne OF
Israel were right in protesting against
naNid's cXpusur, of his life at the front.
Had he been pierced of an arrow, or
clo,cn down with Il hattlcaV. or fatally
siung from sunrtiug war charger. what
IA disaster tn the throne of Israel, Alb
solOm, his son. was low fellow and I'M
tit to reign; his two chief characters
ties were his handsome face and his
long hair-so long that when he had it
cut that which was scissurcd Of
weighed ECO shekcls after the kings
weight" and when man has nothing
but Il handsome face and AN cNubcraHcc
of hair. there is not much of him. The
been Il calamity irrcparable. Cnneces-
sary exposure would have been a crime
for David. as il Is crime for you.
In nine eases out Of ten the fatal
ties every day reported are no the
fault of engineers or hrakcmen or con-
ductors or cab drivers, but Of the stu
pidity and recklessuess Of people AT
would like to have the Chicago limited
express train. with 800 passengers, adj
vcrtiscd to arrive at a certain hour H.
a certain city. slow up TO Let them get
two minutes sooner to their de tiratiou,
not one farthing Of their own ur any
one clse's welfare dependent on vheth-
cr they arrive one minute before T.
o'clock or one minute after. Iou ought
to get permission from a railroad super
intcuGeHt to mount beside the engineer
on a locomotive To realize how many
evils Of recklcsSuess there are in the
wcrld-funcral professions whipping
up to get across before the cowcatchcE
strikes the hcarsr; man Of family. with
wife and children beside him in wag-
on. evidently having made close calcu-
latiou as 20 whether a stroke from the
locomotive would put them backward
or forward in the journey To the village
grocery: traveller on a railroad bridge
hoping that h" could get to the md of
the bridge before the train reaches il.
You have no right to put your life in
peril unless by such expos ure some
thing is TO he gained for others. What
imbecility in thousands of Americans
during our recent AmeTicO-Spanish war
disappointed because the surrender
came 80 soon, and they could not have
the advantage of being shot IT San
Juan hill, or brought down with the
yellow fever and carried on litter
to transport steamers. already 50 many
floating laZarettoS. instead of thanking
God that they got no nearer TO the
slaughter than Tampa or Chattanooga
or the encampment at their own state
capital, mad at the government. mad
at God, because they could not get to
the front in time to join The 1000 cUrpscs
that are now being transported from
the tropics to the national cemeteries
of the United States! Exposure and
daring are admirable when duty calls
but keep out of peril when nothing
practical and useful is to he gained for
your family or your country or your
God. | admire the David Of my text
as he suppresse> himself and enters the
gate of his castle as much as admire
him when with his four fingers and
thumb clutched into the grizzly locks
of Goliath'S head. which he had iocapi-
tated. and Saul admiringly asks:
Whose son art thou, young man? >" and
David. blushing with genuine muGcsty.
responds: 81 am the son of thy servant.
Jesse, the Hethlchcmite'
Now, here is another important point
As there are so many people in the
world who amount to little or nothing.
you ought to- augment yourself. and il
no, able. like David. TO be worth IO.CGC
times more than others. you can com
mand Gods reinforcing grace TO make
yourself four times or three times or
twice As much as some others. Pray
twice rs much. read twice as much.
give twice as much, go TO church twice
as much. Instead of spendiu" your
time finding fault with others. suhsti-
tute your fidelity for their dcrelictiou
and default. In any church there are
ten members worth all the other 600
In every great business firm there i
one man worth the other three part
ners. In every legislative hall, state or
national. there are five men worth all
the other 50 or 100. Take the sr@ges-
ton of my text and augment yourself
Make your one talent do the work Of
Two. or your five talents do the work of
ten, or your ten talents do the work Of
%. Multiply your words of encnur-
agement. Multiply the number of
boosts You can give to those who are
trying to climb. Instead of being one
man in Il battalion, by your faith in
God and new conservation lie a whole
| regiment. | like the question of gen
eral of a small army when some one
was counting the number of officers
and soldiers of the opposing forces and
the small number of their own army.
and the general cried out in infigna-
ton: How many do you take me to
be-" David was 10000 men. You
| ought to he at least two men in this
| battle for God and Righteousness.
The daily papers say that NV cd
friend Jeremiah c. Lanphicr, Of New
York, is dead at 90 years of age. But
they are mistaken. That man can new
er die. He will live as long as HEAVIER
lives. lie was the father Of vitaliZed.
yivitied and arousing PRAYER meetings
lie established the MONDAY Fulton
street prayer meeting, famous through
out Christendom, and more honcreG of
God than any devotional meeting since
the world began. lie introduced the
little bell on the prayer meeting table
which always tapped when prayers
were prOliN or eNhortantions too long
winded. Finding that many business
men are from l. noon to one O'Clock
at comparative leisure. he widely an
nOunced that at 10 o'clock of the 23d OF
September. 1851, there would b, gin a
prayer meeting of one hour in the small
upper room of the Reformed church.
| on Fulton street. New York. Larphier
went TO that room at 13 rslock and sat
| alone. At 1890 man entered and
| nj hers. p1mp mill thprn yNprc SiN yynr-