The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-11


! have no moro perplexlty about them:
for say TO myself; III l love Christ
and live a good. honest, useful life,
] am elected to be saved. and II DO
not love Christ. and live a bad life.
will be damned. and all the the tneo-
logical seminaTies Of the universe can
not make II any different" founder
ed along while In the sea OF sin and
doubt. and II was as rough as the Medi-
terranean on the fourteenth night.
when they threw the grain overheard,
but ! saw there was mercy for a sin
ner. and that pla, X took. and have
been warming m. lslf by the brigh, IRE
on the shore eve isince.
While am talking TO another man
about his soul he tells me: Il DO not
become a Christian because I DO not
believe there Is any hell at all" All
don't youl Do all the people Of all
beliefs and no belief at all, Of good
morals and bad morals 20 straight 10
a happy heayen7 DO the holy and the
debauched have the same destination'
At midnight. In a hallway, the owner
OF a house and a burglar meet: they
both IRE, and both are wounded. but
the burglar dies In Ave minutes and
the owner OF the house lives a week
after; will the burglar be at the gate
OF heaven, waiting. when the house.
owner comes I'M VIII the dobauchce
and the llbertlne go right In among
the families OF heaven? / wonder n
Herod Is playing on the banks Of the
river Of lie with the children he mas
sacred: ! wonder n Charles Gulteau
and John Wilkes Booth are up there
shooting at a mark. do not now con-
troyert Il. although must say that for
such a miserable heaven I have no ad.
miration. But the Bible does not say:
Believe In perditlon and be- saved"
Because all are saved. according 10 your
theory, that ought not to keep you from
loving and serving Christ. DO no, re-
fuse TO come ashore because all the
others. according 70 your theory. are
going 10 get ashore. You may have a
different theory about chemistry. about
astronomy. about the atmosphere
from that which others adopt. but you
are not. therefore. hindered from ae-
ton. Because your theory Of light Il
different from others. do not refuse 10
open your eyes Because your theory
Of air IL different you do not refuse
10 breathe. cecause your theory about
the stellar system IL different. you DO
not refuse % acknowledge the north
star. Why should the fact that your
theological theories are different him
der you from acting upon what you
know II you have no, a whole ship
fastened In the theological drydocks
10 bring you 70 Wharfage. you have
AZ least a plank. Some on broken
pieces OF the ship"
But I don't believe IN reviyals!"
Then 20 10 your room. and all alone
with your door locked. give your hear,
TO God. and join some church where the
Thermometer never sets higher than
atty in the shade
But DO not believe In bapusmr
Come In without Il and settle that mat.
ter afterward. But there are .,
many Inconsistent ChristiansF Ther
come In AMI show them by a good e1
: ample how professors should act. "Bu
, don't believe In the Old Testament
Then come In on the New. But
don't like the Book OF Romano" Their
: come In on Matthew or Luke. Refus
lng 10 come 70 Christ. whom you admi
/ 10 be the Savior OF the lost, becaus,
you canno, admit other things. you ar,
like a man out there In that Medlier
ranean tempest. and tossed IN the Ne
llia breakers. refusing 10 come aahor,
uaul be can mend the pieces Of "a,
broken ship. hear him say; Il won
60 In on any OF these planks until
know In what part OF the ship they
belong. When I can get the windlasi
In the right place. and the sails set
and that keel-piece where Il belongs
and that ioor-;imber right. ana thes,
ropes untangled. will 80 ashore. an
an old sailor. and know all about ships
for forty years. and as soon as can Gel
the vessel anoat In good shape I vii
come In" A man drifting by on
piece Of wood overhears him and says
You will drown before you get tina
ship reconstructed. Better DO as I an
doing. know nothing about ships
and never saw one before came OF
board this. and cannot swim a stroke
but am going ashore on this shlvere,
timber" The man In the ofing. Will
trying TO mend his ship goes down
The man who trusted 10 the plank q
saved. o my brother. le, your smash
ed up system Of theology 20 10 the Dol,
tom. while you come In on a spllntere,
sparl Some on broken pieces Of III
ship"
You may get all your difficulties Get
tied az Garibaldi. the magnetic Italian
so, his gardens made. When the va
between Austria and Sardinia brok
out he was living al Caprera. a ven
rough and uncultivated island home
But he went forth with hla sword {,
achieve the liberation Of Naples an,
, Sicily. and gave nine million people
free government. under Victor En-
manuel. Garibaldi. after being ab
sent two years from Caprera. returned
and. when be approached Il. he foun,
that his home had. by Victor En-
manuel. a. a surprise. been Edenised
, Trimmed shrubbery had taken th
place Of thorny thlcke,s. gardens thu
place Of barrenness. and the old rock
cry IN which he once lived had givol
, way 20 pictured mansion. And | eel
you u you viii come and enlist unde
the banner OF our Victor Emmanuel
and follow him through thick and thin
and nght his battles. and endure nj
I sacrifices. you viii hnd after awhll
that he has changed your heart iron
a jungle Of thony sceptlelsms into
, garden an abioom with luxurlant 20.
that you have never drcamt OF. From
: a tangled Caprera OF sadness into