The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-26


the United States today Is not four
hundred Now. In TIE glorious time Of |
which ! speak. there are going to be |
vast churches. and they are going 10 be |
all thronged with worahlppers. Oh.
what rousing songs they will singl Oh,
what earnest sermons they will preaoh'
On. what fervent prayers they VIII Of
fer Now. In our time. what Is called
a fashionable church Is a place where
few people. having attended very
carefully to their toilet. come aud sit
down-they do not want TO be crowded:
they like a whole seat TO themselves
and then. II they have any time left
from thinking Of their store. and from
examining the style Of the hat In front
OF them. they dit and liften to a sermon
warranted to hit no mans sins. and lis
ten to music which is rendered by a
choir warranted to sing tunes that no.
body knOwsl And tnen after an hour
and a half VI lndolent yawning they 10
home refreshed. Every man feels bet
ter after he has had good sleep
In many OF the Churches OF Christ
In our day the music Is simply a mock
cry. have not a cultivated ear, nor
cultivated voice. yet no man can do my
singing for me. nave nothing TO say
against artistic music. The two or Ave
dollars I pay 10 hear any OF the great
queens Of song are a good investment
/ But when the people assemble In rell-
gious convocation. and the hymn 10
read. and the angels Of God step from
their throne to catch the music on
their wings. do not let as drive them
away by our indifference. have
preached In churches where vast Gums
OF money we're employed 10 keep up the
music. and Il was a. exquisite as any
h, .rd on earth. but thought. at the
same time. for all matters practical !
would prefer the hearty, outbreaking
song OF a backwoods Methodist camp
meeting.
Let one OF thoCe starvellng fancy
iongs sung In church get up before the
throne Of God. how would Il seem
standing amid the great doxologles OF
the redoemcdl Let the finest operati,
air that ever went up from the Church
Of Christ get many hours the start. II
would be- caught and passed by the
hosanna Of the Sabbath School chill
dren. know a church where the choll
ala an the singing. save one Christian
man. who. through perseverance o.
the saints" went right on. and. after
ward. a committee was appointed L
wait On him and ask him u be woul,
not please stop singing. as be bothere,
the choir.
Let those refuse 20 sing
Who never knsN our God.
nut children % he Heavenly King
sh,.ld speak their ioyr ahroad
Praise ye the Lord. let everything
with breath praise the Lord" In IN
glorious time coming In Gun cities. AM
In the world, hosanna will meet hosln
ma. and halleiuiah. halleluiah.
, In that time also Of which speal
/ All the haunts OF lniquliy and erin
ana squalor will ~ elcansed aud vi
, he Illuminated. How Is Il to be done
! You ay. perhaps. by one influence
A Perhaps say by another. will te
. YOU what Is my idea. and know Al
b right In Il. The Gospel OF the Son {
. Cod 4 the ouly agency that will cy,
q accomplish this.
n A gentleman In England had a the,
4 "a that u the natural forces Of win
q and tide and sunshine and wave Wei
q right, applied aud rightly develop
. n would make this whole earth a par,
m dlse. In a book 81 great genius. an
70 which rushed from edition 20 edltlo
, ne said. "Fellow-men, I promise
u show the means Of creating a paradll
/. within ten years. where everything d
|. sirable for human lie may BE- had :
% every man In suporabundance withol
f, labor and without pay-wherc q
i whole face OF nature shall be chang
= into The most beautiful farms. and ms
!. may live IN the most magnificent pa
!, aces. In all imaginable rclnements
n luxury. and In the most delightful "a
!, dcns-whcre he may accomplish wit
n out labor In one year more than hit
a erto could be done In thousands
i. years. From the houses to be built "
!, be- Afforded the most cultured yiel
that can be iaucicd. From the gale
!. les. from the roof, and from the ~
= rots. may be seen gardens as Tar
:, the eye can see. full Of fruits and 60
y era. arranged In the most beautiful q
- der. with walks. colonnadcs. aqu
ducts, canals ponds, plains. ampl
theatres. terraces. fountains. sculptt
- ed works. pavllions. gondolas. plac
m Of popular amusement, TO lure the g
M and fancy. All this to be done by ~
" ing the water, the wind. and the su
~ shine to their full development"
'u
!. In that day Of which I speak. do >
= believe there will be any mid-nll
= carousali Will there be any klcki
!, on from the marble steps OF shiveri
80 mendicants7 WIN there be any q
NJ washed. unted uncombed childre
NJ VIII there be any lnebrlates s,aggerl
~ pastY No. No wine stores. No lal
"A beer saloons No dis,illerles. VIII
,ss they make the three N'e No bloodsl
"A eye. No bloated cheek No instrumei
OF ruin and destruction. No hst-poui
HE ed forehead. The grandchildren OF q
q, woman who goes down the street "
M | a curse. stoned by the boys that {
,aa low her. w.th the rciormers and pl
We anthroplsls and the Christian men q
I'VE the honest merchants OF our cities
o.. Oh, you think sometimes Il does
40 amount 10 muchl You toll on In y
~ different spheres. sometimes with 60
In. encouragement People have no iaI
ne. and say: 1T does not amount to al