The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-28

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vivor will take charge Of the body.
the watch. the mementoes. and perhau5
OF the bcreft family OF the one that
dies. 80 David and Jonathan had made
a covenant. and now that Jonathan "
dead, David Is inquiring about hts
family, that he may show kindness un-'
TO them for their father Jonaihana
sake. Careful search Is made. and a
son OF Jonathan by the dreadiuily
homeiy name OF Mephlbosheth Is found.
His nurse. IN hls Infancy. had let him
fall, and the fall had put both HE
ankles out OF place. and they had never
been set This decrepli, poor man "a
brought into the palace OF King Dayii.
David looks upon him with melting
tenderness. no doubt seeing 10 hl1
face resemblance 10 his old friend
the deceased Jonathan The whole
bearing Of King David toward him
seems 10 say. "flow glad I am TO see
you. Mephlbosheih. How YOU remind %,
ot your father. my old friend and ben
eiaoior. made a bargain with your
father a good many years ngo. and
am golne 10 Keep 4, with you. What
ean ] do Tor You Mephiboshetb7 ] an
resolved what 10 DO; win make yoa
rich man; will restore 10 you the
oonhscatcd property Of your grand
father saul. and You shall be a guest
Of mine 90 long as you live. and you
shall be seated al my table among the
princca' u was too much for Mephi-
hoshcih, and he cried ont against o..
calling himself a dead dog. lie siill. d"
Gays David. Il don't do this on your
own account. | 10 this for your father
Jonathan's sake. can never FORGET
his kindness. remember when vas
bounded from place 10 place how he
beiriended me. Can ever iorEet hos
he stripped himself % bis couriier ap.
pafei aud gave II 10 le Instead Of ny
shepherds coat. and how he took on
bis own sword and hcll and rave them
70 me Instead Of my fllEs, on. I can
never forget him. fce'g n ] couldn't
do enough Tor you. his con, | don't
do u for your FAKE. ! 90 q Tor your
father Jonathanh sake" so Mcphi.
hosheih dwell ln Jerusalem: Tor he
did eat continually az ihc kings "a.
BILE. aud was lame on both bis feet"
There h % much Gospel IN tals
quaint Incident that I am ombarrass q
TO know whore 10 begin. Whom ga
Mophlhosheth. ard David ana iona.
than make you think OF
Mephlhoshcth. In the first Mace
stands Cor The disabled soul Iari
byron describes sln as charming
reckleNncss. as a raliantry. as D1a
Juan. Oeorse Sand Describes sin as
triumphant in many luirlcatc plots.
Gavarni. With bis cngratcrH katie
always shows sin rs a great losuarity.
but the Bible presents 10 "a "a Nonhl
hoshoth, lame on both feet sia. like
the nurse In the context ATTEMPTED
TO carry us. and lct ua gun. and "a,
have been disabled. and Ia our Who'll,
moral nature We are de,replt. Some.
times thColoElans hagglo about loo
Elcallty. They use the woris 't,.rN
deprayiiy." and some people bclioy,
~ The tocirinc. and some r,lcct a.
What DO you mean by Total donrayit,
DO You msan that every man isas mt
as De can be- Then I DO not hellev,
Il either Bui DO you mean that rir
has let us fall. that (, has ,carlae,l an,
disabled and crippled our entire ,lor,
nature. until We cannot walk straight
and are lame In both fcetp Then
admit your proposition There Is no
30 much difference Tn an African juu
gle. with barking. bowling hlssirc
fighting Quadruped and reptile. ans Par
adlse with ljs animals coming bcfor
Adam when he pattod them an stroke,
them and gave them NANTES. 80 TIA
the panther was as tame as the COW
and the condor as tame al the dove
as there Is between the human soul dis
abled and that soul rs God orlginall
constructed u. do not care what a.
sen,lmontnlists urthe pootsgay IN rcgar
10 sin; In the name Of God declar
10 you today that sin Is DISCRIMINATION
dislniegration, CHASTITY disnguratiof
hohbling dcformiiy
Mophlhosheih In the text stands 10
the disabled human soul humhlcl an
restored. when this Invalid OF my te,
got command TO come tc King u.
vid's palace. he trcmhlcd The IN,
was that the grandfather OF Mcph
boshcth had treated David most rhoci
ingly. and uog Mcphihosheth SAYS I
himself. "Whal does the king want ,
mes Isn't it enough that ] am lame
Is he going to destroy nay ltio2
DO going To wreak on me tho vcngean,
which he holds toward my grandiath,
SAUL It's too bad" But go to the pa
ace Mephihosheth must. since the Kin
has commanded o. With s,au au
cruichos and helped hy his friends.
see Mophihoshcth going mp the stall
OF the palace ! hear his stan 90
cruiches rafting on the tcssellaled hoI
Of the throneroom No sooner b.
.thcse two persons confronted ea'
.other- Mcphiboshelh and David. q
king than Mcphl6osheih throws hir
self fat on his face before the KIN
and styles himself dead dog. In Il
East. when man styles himself
dog. he utters the utmost term OF sci
abnegation. Il Is not term so sirol
III this country. who're. II a dog has
fair chance. he sometimes shows mo
nobility OF character than some hnml
specimens that We wot OF; but q
NANCY ours OF the Oriental citlca. a.
know by my own observation. are =
sorly deleslable. Mephibolheih Civ
he utmost term Of seii-lcathlng VII
he compares himself to a dog, a
dead At that.
Consider the analogy. When
saamand r. given from the palace
nraSoa 20 The human soul % col
p poul begins 10 tFomhic. Il "a
What = God rclns 60 do ~sth
now = he solna u destroy me-
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