The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-07

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XIlfNsN SPREAD through all /
EJAklke the heavens He /
OS(ydlHH speaks with voice, /
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hand with foot. [
Ills silence often ls loud as thunder
and bis life h a dlrge or a doxology.
There Is no such thiDg as negative IN
fuence. We are all positive In the
place we occupy, making the world
better or making Il worse. on tue
Lords side or on the devils. making
up reasons for our blessedness or ban
lahment; and we have already done
work IN ro0pllng heaven or he'll
hear people tell Of what they are goins
20 do. A man who has burned down
city might as well talk Of some e'll
that he expects TO DO. or a man who has
saved an empire might as well talk Of
some good that he expects 10 do. hy
The force Of your evil influence you
have already consumed Infinite values
or you have by the power OF a fight
influence. won whole kingdoms TOT
God.
Il would be- absurd fur me. ny elab-
crate argument. 20 prove that the
world % On the track. You might as
well stand al the foot OF an embanE-
mont. amid the wreck Of q capsized
ull-iruin. proving by elaborate argu-
ment that something ls out o. order
Adam tumbled over the cmbankmeni
sixty centuries ago. aud the whole
race. IN one long train. has gone on
tumhllng IN the same direction. Crash
crashl The only question now is. by
what leverage can the crushed Ting
be lfted7 By Whist hammer may the
fragments be reconstructed ! want
10 show YOU how we may turn many
10 righteousness. and what Will be- our
future pay Tor 80 doing.
First. We may turn them by The
charm Of a right example 4 child
coming from a filthy home was taught
a. school TO wash o. face. u went
home 30 much improved IN appearance
that lts mother washed her face. And
when the father Of the household came
home and saw the improvement Ia
domestic appearance be washed bis
face. The neighbou. happening in
saw the change. aud tried the same ex'
pertinent. until an that street was puri'
fed. and the next street copied ~ eN'
ample. and the whole city felt the re-
ult Of one fchoolboy washing bis face
That d a fable. by which we seq forth
that the best way 90 gct the world
washed OF its sins and pollution o. %
have our own heart and ne clcansoi
aud purified. A man with grace 90 hi
heart and Christian choeriuiness To- hl
face and holy consistency ia his be-
hayior o. a perpetual sermon; and ih
sermon differs from others Ia that
has but one head. and the longer
runs the better.
Again. We may turn many TO rlght
eousncss by prayer There De- no sue
detective as prayer Cor no one cal
hide away from @. 10 puts lis han
on the shoulder Of a man ten thousln
miles on. u alighis on a ship mid
Atlantic. The little child cannot un
dorsiand the law OF electricity. or ho'
the telegraph operator. hy touching N
instrument here. may dart a messag
under the sea 20 another continent
nor can We. with our small lntellec
understand how the touch Of a Chris
tIan's prayer shall instantly strike
p aoul on the other slide OF the earth. 70
. take shin and go 90 some other countrl
and get there AZ eleven o'clock In a
morning. You telegraph 10 Amerlc
and the message gets here az 81
4 o'clock the same morning IN oihs
2 words Il seems 90 arrive here fy
! hours before q started Like that
j. prayer God says Before they cal
: will hear" To ovcrtakc a loved on
? on the road. you may spur up a lathe
cd stccd until he shall OUTRAGE the 90
that brought the news 90 Client. hl
a nrayer shall catch Il no one gallo
A boy running away from home ma
take the midnight train nom the coul
try village and reach the seaport
time 20 gain the ship that sails on q
morrow. but a mothers prayer wi
be on the deck TO meet him. aud
= the hammock before he swings into
and Al the capstan before he winds a
rome around. and on the sea. again
the sky. a. the vessel ploughs Z
.e toward a. There BE- a migh,iness
Co prayer. George Muller prayed a cor
No pany Of poor boys together. and N,
b. ne prayed up an asylum In which IN
% might BE- sheltered. lie turned his "a
y. toward Edinburgh and prayed al
IA there came a thousand pounds. !
turned bis face toward Dublin al
rs prayed. and there came a thousal
a pounds. The breath OF Elilah's pray
% blew all the clouds on the sky. and
Sc vas dry weather. The breath Of +
AZ jahs prayer blew an the clouds ,
M gether. and Il was wet weather Pra
IA or. IN Daniels time. walked the ca
At as ion-,amer. u reached up. al
d took the sun by lts golden biz, Al
q stopped u. and the moon by its slly
"a BIT. and stopped a.
We have all yet TO try the fun pow
~ Of prayer The time will come VII
q. the American Church will pray wi
IN lts face toward the West and an [
% prairies and inland cities viii surrcu
at or 10 God. and viii pray with "a
I'M toward the sra. and all the islau
.ra and ships will become Christian. !
be- rentr who have wayward sons viii
it down on their knees and say; 10
80 send my boy home" AMI the boy
n. Canton shall get rich, ap from
90 gamlng-table. and 30 down TO ind I