Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-04-13

tice his spirit of self forgetfIlncss. lie
did not notice that the hilt Of the sword
was eating through the palm of his
hand. lie did not know il hurt him.
As he went out into the conflict he was
81 anxious for the victory he forgot
himself. aud that hilt might go never
81 deeply into the palm of his hand,
il could not disturb him. His hand
cla,r unto the sword Oh, my brothers
and sisters. let Ms go into the Christian
conflict with the spirit Of self abnrga-
ton. Who cares whether the world
praises uS or dcnuunrrS usH What do
We care tor misrepresentation ar abuse
or persecution IN a cantliCi like this"
Let rs forget ourselves. That man
vi n i afraid oi getting his hand hunt
will never Kill - rhili~tiur. Who cares
vhrthc. Nou get hurt or not if You get
the victory! Oh. how many Christians
there are who are all the time worry
in" about lhc WAY the world treats
them. They are 81 tired. and they are
80 abused and they are 81 tempted,
when Elcalar did not think whether
he had "a hand or an arm or u foot. All
he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget Themselves in
worldly achievement. We have often
seen men who. ia order To- achieve
worldly success. will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance and all oh
~racl'. just after the battle of York
town. in the American revolution.
musician. wounded, WIS told he must
have his limbs amputatcd. and they
were about Ia faStcn him tn the sur
%con's table. for it was long before the
mrrciiul discovery of anacsthctics. lie
said. 80. don't iaStrn me To that table;
get M" a violin" \ violin was brought
to him, aud he said. Now 70 Ia work
- begin To play" aud for 80 minutes,
durin" the awful pauCs of amputation,
he mo- ell not a muscle nor dropped n
note. while he played some sweet tune.
Oh. is it not strange that with he music
uf the gospel of Jesus Christ aud with
this grand march of the church mill
iant ON the way to become the church
triumphant we cannot forget ourselves
and forget all pang and all SORROW and
all persecution and all perturbation?
We know what men accomplish un-
der worldly opposition. Men do not
shrink back for nntagoniSm or for hard
ship. You have admired Prcscott's
Conquest of Mexico" as brilliant and
beautiful history as was ever writ
ten. bat some of You may not know
under what disadvantages il was writ
ten-tlrat Conquest of MeNico'- for
Prescott was totally blind. and he had
two pieces Of wood parallel To each
other fastened, and, totally blind, with
his pen between those pieces of wood.
lac wrote. the stroke against one piece
"f wood telling how far the pen must
go in one way. the stroke against the
other piece of wood telling how far the
pen must go the other way. Oh. how
much men will endure for worldly
knowledge and for worldly success,
and Yet how little we endure for Jesus
Christ, How many Christians there
are that go around saving: oh. my
hand; oh. my hand, my hurt hand.
Don't YOU see there is blood on the
hand, and there is blood on the Swortl?"
while Eleazar, with the hilt imbeddcd
ip the flesh of his right hand. does not
know It,
Must he carried To the skies
ON howery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
or sailed through bloody seas?
What have we suffered in compari-
son with those who expired with suf-
location or were burned or were
chopped to pieces for the truths sake?
We talk of the persecution of olden
times. There is just as much persecu-
ton going on now in various ways.
In lSI9, in Madagascar. Is men were
put to death for Christ's sake. They
were to be hurled over the rocks, and
before they were hurled over the rocks.
in order to make their death the more
dreadful in anticipation. they were put
in baskets and swung tn and fro over
'hr prrcipicc that they might see how
many hundred feet they would have
to be dashed down. and while they were
swinging in these baskets over the
rocks they sang:
Jesus lover of my SOU,