The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-16

"HAt Ntef anu hNai4NtA II NANA an
iron comb Just before It was getting
ripe, 90 Il was necessary and CUSTOM
airy In that way % take from Il the BIT
iernesa Tie was the son Of O poor ahep-
herd, and suffered; but before tho
tiammoring rustic the Phllisdnca, and
syrians. and phoeaiclans. and Moa-
bites. and Ammoniiea. and Edoml,es.
and lHrnelltos tromhlcd.
Moses was a law-glyer. Daniel was
prince, Isaiah a courtior. and David
King; hut Amos. the author Of my text.
was a peasant. and. as might be sup
posed. nearly al his paralleliams are
pastoral. his prophecy full Of the oior
OF new mown hay. and the rattle OF To-
Gusts. and the rumble Of carts with
sheavea. and the roar Of wild beasts de-
vouring the flock while the shepherd
came out In their defense. He watched
the herds by day. and By nlrht in
habited a booth made out Of bushes 70
that through these branches be could
see the stars all night long. and was
mere familiar with them than we who
have tight roofs to our houses. and
hardly ever see the stars except among
the tall brick chlmnoys OF the great
towns But at seasons Of the year
when tho herds were IN special danger.
be would stay out IN the open Geld all
through the darkness. his only shelter
the curtain % TIE nlrhi-hcaycn. with
tho stellar embf1lderlol and Gllyercl
tasaeis o. lunar light
What a llio Of solitude. an alone
with bis herdsl Poor Amos' And at
twelve o'clock % night. bark % tho
VOLTS bark. and the lions roar. and
the bears rrowl. and The owls te-whii
te-who. and the rorponts hls1. a. Dc
unwlit.ngly steps too near while moy-
ing through the thlckois' so Amol
like other hcrdsmcn. got tho habit Of
studying tho map o. the heavens be-
cause q was 80 much Of the time
spread out boforu him Re noticed
some ftan advancilr ana others re-
ccding. lie associated their dawn and
setting with certain seasons OF The year
re had a poctc nature. and be read
night by night. and mo1ih by month.
and year By year. the poem % the cou-
Etollaiions. diyinciy rhythmic. But tro
rosottca OF stars especially attracted
HIS attention while seated on TIE
ground. or lying on DTS back under the
open scroll Of the midnight hclvons-
the Plcladea. or Seven Suu. and Orion.
Tho former Troun This rustic prophet
associated with tao spring. as % rises
about the irlt OF Nay. The latter De
associated with the water. as % comes
% the meridian In January. The Picl-
AIDES. or Seven stars. connected with an
sweetness and soy: Orion. the herald
Of the tempest The aneienis we're the
more apt 20 study the physIoFnomy and
iuxiaposlilon OF the hcavouly bodies.
because they thought they had a spe-
ciai influence upon che earth. and per-
haps they were right II the noon
every few hours llfts and lets down the
tides Of the Atlantic ocean. and the
electric storms In the sun. by an scion-
tihc admission. affected the earth. Why
not the stars have proportionate eiect'
And there are some things which
make me think that Il may not have
been an supcrstituuon which connect.
Cd the movements and appearance OF
the heavenly bodies with great moral
events on earth. Did no; a meteor run
on eyangollstlc errand on the Ora,
Christmas night. and designate the
rough cradle OF our Lordi Did not the
stars In their course light against
Slsera7 Was u merely colnc.denial that
before the destruction Of Jerusalem the
moon was hidden for twelve consecutive
nlghtsl DID Il merely happen 30 that
new star appeared in constellation
Casseopela. and then disappear Just be-
fore Charles IL. OF France. who was
responsible for So. Bartholomew mass
acre. died1 Was u without significance
that Ia the days Of the Roman Emperor
Justinlan war and famine were pre-
cedcd by the dimness Of the sun. which
for nearly a year gave no more light
than the moon. although there we're
no clouds 20 obscure NJ
Asirology. after all. may have been
something more than a brilliant heath
cnism. No wonder that Amos OF the
text. having heard these two anthems
Of the stars. put down the stout rough
stan OF the hcrtsman aad toex into
his brown hand aad cul aai knotted
fingers the pen Of tho prophet. and adj
vlaod the rccrcani people Of his time
70 return 90 Col. saying. Seek him
that makoth the Scyca Stars ana
Orion" This command. which Amos
gave ass years y. c. is iurt as appr,-
PIRATE for us 1897 A. d,
I'm uo frsl place. Amos saw. as We
must zee, that the God who made tho
ilciadcs and orion mus, be- the God OF
order. Il was rot go much a star here
and a star there that lunrCssod the ln-
spiTed hordsman. hut seven 90 one
Eraun. and seven IN iho other group.
ho saw that night aiisr night and sea-
son after season and decade after DO.
oade they had kept step OF light. each
one IN iis own place, a slslcrhood never
elashlng and never oontostlug prcs.
odenco. From the tlmo Heslod called
tho Plciadcs the seven daughters OF
Atlas" and Virgli wrote In his Acnold
OF stormy Orion" until now, they have
observed The order established for their
coming and golng. order written not
IN manuscript that may be pigeon.
holed. but with the hand OF tao Al
mighty on tho dome OF the sky. 10 that
all nations may read Il. Order. Per-
alsient order. Sublime order. omnlp.
otont order.
What scdativo TO you and to me.
20 whom communliiea and nations
sometimes seem golne poll-mell and
the world ruled BY some aend ~ hap
hazard and In an directions malad.
The God who keeps !
seven worila In rlrht circuit for ak |