The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-08

ana you shall have more ~ sa,n,n,s,a.'
WI y" ~ iull sympathy with the man
""o vas 10 be baptized by lmmerslon
sna some one said. "You had better
Ave your pccke, book out. Il viii ret
vet No" said he. Il want N ~
so"n under the wave with everything
1 want to consecrate my pronertv and
49, ~, 20 Sod And 30 he was baptized.
"nat we want In this country Is more
baptized pockelboohs.
mad relative whose bualness
seemed TO be falling. Here a loas and
mere loss, and everything was both-
Ing, perplexlng and annoying him.
nc sat down one day and said. God
must nave a controversy with me about
.oihetning. believe I haven't given
enough 10 the cause Of Christ" Ana
mere and then he took out hls chect
pook and wrote a large check for mia
-'onals society. He told me. THAT
was me turning point In my business
Ever since then have been prosper
ouA. From that day. aye. from that
very hour. I saw the change" Ana
sure enough, he went on, and gathered
lo'tuhe' The only safe investment
maj a man can make In this world Is
y me cause OF Christ II man give
from a suporahundance. God may mr.
nc may not respond with a bleaalnp. /
out u man give until he feels n n a
man give until II fetches the blood /
II man give until his selashness
erihges and twists and covers under
ne VIII get not only spiritual pro-
IT. out he viii get paid back IN hard
eash or In convertible securities We
oi'en sec men who are tight listed who
seem 10 get along with their inves,-
naenta very probably. notwithstanding
az their parslmony. But walt. SUD.
uenly IN that mans history everything
goes wrong. His health falls. or Ma
reason Is deihronsd. or a domestic
curse smiies him. or midnight aha.
dow on some kind drops upon his so,i
and upon his business. What "a tbo
matieri God d Furnishing him for hIs
small heariedness he tried 10 cheat
God and God worsted him. So INA,
one OF the recipes FOR the cure Of IN.
diyidual and national finances IA NOR,
generosity. Where you bestowed one
dollar on the cause Of Christ. give two
God loves 70 be trusted ana he h
very apt 10 trust back again. lie savs.
That man knows how 10 handla
money; he shall have more money N
handle" And very soon the uropertv
that vas on the market FOR a rroa, !.
While gets a purchaser. ana the hons !.
that was not worth more than INV
cents on a dollar goes 10 par. and the :
opening oi new street doubles The
falue Of his house. or IN any way on =
miiiioa God 5icsses him.
Tcofis quote a. a Joke what isaa =
sire rrcnlle' Cast thy bread upon y
DE waters. and q win return 10 fbec y
1fisr zany dayH" What dld God moan y
.4 hat There Is an Illusion there In =
Eggpi. when hey SOW the corn n 4. y
81 a time when the Nile Is overaovlng Z
De- banks and they SOW the seed corn Al
on the waters, and as the Nile borlns
TO reccde this seed corn strikes In the ui
earth and comes up harvest ana that ~
u the allusion. Il Seems as n they arc u
throwing the corn away on the water. OF
but after a while they gather A nm h. on
, harvest. Now says God In hls word. m
Cast thy bread upon the waters ana Of
i shall come back TO thee after many pJ
lays, II may seem 10 you thai yop
re throwing Il away on charlilcs. but
{ will yield harvest o, green ana cola
"a harvest on earth and a harvest lr "a
heaven. II men could appreciate tina, M
nd act on that. We would have no In
more trouble about individual or m. ra
ional finances m
Prescription the third. for the cure N,
Z all our individual and national n. Go
anciai distresses; great spiritual tai
Weakening. Il IL no more theory. The ho
Merchants Of this country were posl. 10
.Vely temented with the monetary ex. inr
l'emtnt In 1857. There never before ear
or since has been such a state OF a. IN,
ancial depression as there was nj thar NJ
me A revival came. and ave hundred ter
ionsand people were born into the ave
'hsdom OF God. What came after the pie
'Vlvall The grandest financial pros. car
'rity We have ever had In this caun- a.
y The finest fortunes. the largest Ter.
rtunes In the United States. have
'cn made since 1857. Well" you say.
WAT has spiritual improvement and =
f'tal to do with monetary improve. oeil
ent aud rctlyalg" Much 10 do The loei
ligion OF Jesus Christ has dlrcc, 10
hueney 10 make men honest and PEI
her and truth-icnlng and are not llo'
hesiy and sobrie,y and lruih-telllng TIM
Aliaflea OK material prosperity n not
could have an awakening in this tone
antfy % IN the days OF Jonathan ia. A.
'rds OF Northampton. rs IN the dsvs lute
Dr. Findley Of nash,Ar Ridge. a. In Am
aals % De- Grlmn Of Boston. the nols
'oie land would rouse 10 a hleher MA
raj lone. aud with that moral tone Twin
hoheat business enterprise OF the Their
in'ry would come up. You saw to n,
'ai awakening has an influence nnon bv .
iulure world. tell you Il has a le,t.
eei influence upon the financial on.r
Hare OF this world. The religion of
fi't Ia no Zoe TO successful business.
j. its best friend. And n there
u'd como a great awakening In ihis Oa
niiy' end an the banks and insur. zee
e companies aud stores ana offices same
shops should close mp Tor two goto
'ks. and 90 nothing but auodd io rc.n'
public worship of Almighty God One
f such a spiritual vacation no lana PM
Iid wake un 20 such financial nros. didn't
10y aa we have never dreamed OF ierlst
Illness o. profitable Tor the NE that any
"a al well as Tor that which Il 10 dis 81
e. But my friends. DO not pa, 30 over
n emphasis on worldly success a. fred.
ct your eternal affairs 30 a. loose times
= ! have nothing to say agalns. oodil,
Iey. The more money you get the
en- II Il comes honestly ana roes