The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-01

80 MNo correcting the mia
- fa takes OF this; that
CO. y however complete
MI q shipwreck we
~ may make OF our
earthly life. II will be on a beach up
which We may walk to palace: that o.
the defendant may lose his case In a
Circuit Court and appeal II and have Il
80 up TO the Supreme Court or Court
OF Chancory and all the costs thrown
over on the other party. so a man may
lose his case In this world. but In the
higher Jurisdiction OF eternity have the
decision Of the earthly case set aside.
al the costs remltted and the defendant
be triumphant forever.
The object Of my sermon Is TO shos
you that common sense declares with |
the text that such an expectation Is
chimefical. III the tree fall togard the
south. or toward the north. In the place
where the tree falleth. there shall u
be." There are those who say tina, II
the impenitent and unfortunate man
enters the next world and sees the dis
asier. as a result OF that disaster he
will turn. the distress the cause OF his
reformation. but We have ten thousand
Instances an around about us Of people
10 have done wrong and disaster sud
denly came upon them ala the disaster
heal theml No. they vent on. There
Is a man fung ol designations. The
doctor says 20 him; Nov, my friend.
II you don't stop drinking and don't
stop this fast life you are living. you
will die" The patient thanks the pay
stefan Tor hls warning and gets better;
nc begins 10 slt up begins TO walk
around the room. begins 20 80 % bu1l-
ness and takes the same round o, grog-
shops where he got his morning dram
and bis evening dram and the drains
between. Down again Sane doctor.
Same physical anguish. Same medical
warning But nov the sickness Is more
.protrac,cd. the liver more OBSTINATE, the
stomach more irritable. the digestive
organs more rchellious But stlll. un-
der medical skin. be gets better. goel
forth. commits the same facr.ltgo
against his physical health. Some
. times be wakes up 10 see what he %
doing. aud he realizes be Is destroying
] bis family and that his life is a per
B petual perjury agalns, his marriage
VOWS. and that that broken-heartet
woman Is so different from the roseat,
wife he Tarriod that her old school
, mates do not recognize her on M
street. and that bis sons are coing on
In lie under the taunt OF a faia,r,
drunkenness and that bis daughter
are going out IN ne under the s,sriaea
I. ton Of a disreputable ancestry. ~
nerves are an a ianglo From crown o
head to sole OF foot he % one ach.n,
mspins. crucifyinr. damning tor,ur,
Where Ia he? Tie Is In hell on earth
0 Does q stop him? An. no. Ate
e awhile dellr.um tremcns p1url ont upo
a hlo pillow a whole Jungle OF hiGsln
q reptiles. Ills screams horr.iy III
j uelghbors as BE- dashes out 81 bed cy
ing: Take these things OF mer' u
Is drinking down the comfort a n
" family. the education OF his chndrei
u their prospects for this life and pei
haps their prospects for the lie /
p come. Pale ana conyalceccnt he sl
up. Physicians say to him Nov. NJ
" good fellow am going to have a plaI
IN talk with you. II you ever have an a
A. tack OF this klnd again You will die.
can't save you. and all the doctors
creation can't save You" The patie
We gets up. starts out. goes the same rouI
p OF dissipation and Is down again. b
this time medicines do not touch
~ caee. Consultations OF physicians sa
h' there Is no hope. Death cnds the seer
That process OF inehrlaiion and ply
cal suffering and medical warning Al
dissolution Is taking place within
stones throw Of where you sit and
,er every neighborhood OF Chrlsiondo
Pain does not reform. Suffering DC
not cure. What Is true In regard 60 o
eln Is true In regard TO all sins. a
yet men are expecting In the next !
there viii be opportunity Tor purl
'o' torial regeneration. Take up /
printed reports OF the prisons OF /
. United States and End that the v.
majority OF tie criminals were thr
before. some for two tlmos three tim
four times. six times. Punished az
and again. but they so right on. n
lions OF Incidents and instances wo
/. Ing the other way, and yc; men mi
~ that IN the next world punidhment v
NJ work out for them salvable efle,
~ Why YOU and I cannot imagine
NJ worse torture from another weird n
=. we have seen men In In this world,
without any salutary consequence.
Furthermore the prospect Of ref
nation In another world Is more
probable than here DO you not rea
the fact that a man starts In this We
&C with the Innocence OF inisncy? In
- other case starting In the other wo
the he starts With the accumulated
~ habits OF a life time. Ia Il not 20
Is expected that YOU could build a be
/ In ship ont OF new timber than out OF
> Of Ole hulk that has been ground mp
dts the breakers? II starting with c
'an, parative lnnoochcy the man does
mt. become godly. Is Il possible that 81
,nly ing with sin a seraph can be cvolu'
idis Is there no, more prospect that a Sc
az tor will mako liner statue out
~. ~ block OF pure. white Parlan ma
mai than out OF a black rock that has
the cracked and twisted and split
fore Scared with the storms of half
enc turyg Could you not write a last