The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-09


keep his Commandments. and who are
to be foremost among the Christians
and the phllan,hropis,s and the re-
formers Of the next century. The
grace Of God never kills any one. A
child will Be more apt TO grow up with
religion than It will be apt TO grow
up without H. Length Of days Is prem
ised 10 the righteous The religion Of
Christ does not cramp the chest or
curve the spine or weaken the nerves
There are no malarias floating up from
the river OF life. The religion OF Christ
throws over the heart and life Of child
a supernal beauty. "Her wayG are
ways OF pleasantness. and al her paths
are peace"
pass on TO consider the susceptible
fly OF childhood. Men pride them
selves on their unchangeablllty. They
will make an elaborate argument 10
prove that they think now just as they
did twenty years ago II Is charged to
frallty or fraud when man changes
his sentiments IN politics or In religion.
and It Is this determination OF soul that
70 often drives back the Gospel from
mans heart II ~ so hard 10
make ayarlce charitable. and fraud
honest. and pride humble, and
sceptiolsm Christian. The sword
Of Gods truth Seems to glance
OF from those mailed warriors
and the helmet seems battle-proof
against Gods bat,le-ax. but child
hood. how susceptible 10 example and
10 instruction! You are not surprised
Ut the record Abraham hegat Isaac
and Isaac btgat Jacob" for when re-
ligi0n starts In family. II Is apt to go
an through. Jezebel a murderess. you
are rot surprised to find her son Jeho-
ran attempting assassination. Oh.
shat a responsibility upon the parent
and the tcachtr' The musician touches
the keys. and the response Of those
keys Is away on amid the pipes and the
chords. and sou wonder AZ the distance
between tie key and the chord And
TO Il Is In NE. n you touch a child.
the results will come back from man
hood or old ace. telling just the tune
played. whether the dirge Of a great
sorrow CT the anthem Of a great Joy.
The word that the Sabbath School
teacher will this afternoon whisper IN
the ear OF the class. viii be echoed
back from everlasting ages Of llgh, or
darkness. The home and the SCHOOL
decide the republic or the despotism:
the barharlsm or the civilization: the
upbulliing OF an empire. or the over
throwing A. Higher than parliament
or congress are the school aud the
family. and the sound OF a chlld's foot
may mean more than the tramp Of a
host What. then. are you doiag Tor
Tie purpccc Of bringing your children
into the Kingdom OF God? II they are
90 susceptible. and n this Is the very
best time TO act upon their eternal in
torcsta. what are you doing by way OF
right impulslon. There were some
. harvcsicnd In the fields Of Scotland
one hot day: and Hannah Lemond
war helping them 20 gather the
hay. She laid her babe under a
tree. white she was busy In the field.
/ there wes a nutter Of WINS In the air.
and q golden eagle clu,chcd the swad-
ding band OF the babe. and Jew away
with q 20 the mountain ,yric All the
/ harvcsters and Hannah Lemond start
"a Tor the cliffs. Il was two miles be-
fore they came 10 the foot OF the cliffs.
B Getting there who dared 10 mount the
c.lNg No human foot had ever trod Il.
There NCrc sailors there who had gone
up the mast In the day OF terrible tenn
nest. they did not dare risk Il. Hannah
q Lemond sat there for awhile and look
ell up and saw the eagle IN the eyrle.
/ and then she lcarcd 20 her feet. and she
gartcd mp where no human foot had
ever trod. crag above crag. catching
hold Of this root or that root. until she
reached the oyr.e and caught her babe
the eagle sweeping IN nercencss all
around about her. Fastening the child
10 her back. she started Tor her friends
ard for home. o. what dizzy descent
sliding from this erag to that crag
ciaching by that vino aud by that root
coming down further and further to
ihs mos, dangerous pass. where she
found a goat and some klds. She said
NOW IN follow the goat; the goat will
know just which Is the safest way
down." and she was led by the animal
down TO the plain. When she go, there
an the people cried: Thank God
thank Godw her strength not givlnf
way until the rescue was effected. And
they cried stand back. now. Give
her ARR o. ia Woman win DO that tol
the physical life Of her child. what will
you DO Tor the eternal life Of your boy
and your girl? Let II not be told IN
The great day OF eternity that Hannal
l.omond put forth more eXer,ion for IN,
saving OF the physical life OF her chile
than you. o parent, have ever put forth
Tor the eternal life OF your little one
God help you,
There 10 not a large family or hardly
e large family tina, has no, bent ovel
sich a treasure and lost a. In thu
famlly fold Is there no dead lambg
have scCn many such cases OF sorrow
There Is one pre-eminen, IN my mem
o.y as pastor CoovMo Haynes Mccol
| lam. The story Of his death has brough
hundreds unto God lie belonged to ny
parish Ia the west A thorough boy
u.no or ten years OF age Nothing NOR
bid. nothing duh about him His yole
lcndcst ana his foot swiilesl on th
playground. Often he has come int
NY house and thrown himself down Of
Ire ioor In an exhaustion OF bols,erou
mirih; and yet he was a Christian. con
socraiei TO God, keeping hls command
ments. That Is the Kind Of chlldlsl
] wipfV 1 hrllnVa IN NVhnn tho naVa A