The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-27

Inow that the Bible IL the only perfect
ystem Of morals. Now. II you want 10
iestroy the young mans morals. take
HE Bible away. How will you do thati |
Well. you will caricature his reverence |
Tor the Scriptures. you will take all |
hose incidents Of the Bible which can
be made mirth of-Jonah's whale. Sam
sons foxes. Adams rib-then you will
eccentric Christians. or In
consistent Christians. then you will
pass on as your own all those hack
neyed arguments against Christianity
which are as old a. Tom Paine. as old
as Voltalre. as old as sin. Now. you
have captured his Bible. and you have
taken his strongest fortress: the way
Is comparatively clear. and all the
gates Of his soul are set open in invi-
tation TO the sins OF earth and the sor-
rows Of death. that they may come In
and drive the stake for their encamp-
ment.
A steamer fifteen hundred miles
from shore with broken rudder
and lost compass. and hulk
leaking nfty gallons the hour.
Ia better on than a young man when
you have robbed him OF his Bible Have
you ever noticed how despicably mean
Il IL to take away the worlds Bible
without proposing n substitute! Il IL
meaner than to come 10 n sick man
and steal his medicine, meaner than
q come 10 cripple and steal his
ciutch, meaner than TO come 10 a pau
per and steal his crust, meaner than
TO come 10 a poor man and burn his
house down. Il Is the worst Of all lar
eenies TO steal the Bible which has
been crutch and medicine and food
and eternal home 10 20 many. What
a generous and magnanlmous business
inhdelliy has gone intol This split
ting up OF life-boats. and taking away
Of fre-escapes. and extlngulshing Of
lighthouses. ! come out and say 10
such people. what are you doing all
this for?" "Ohr' they say. lust for
fun" Il IL such fun TO see Christians
try 10 hold on 10 their Biblesl Many
OF them have lost loved ones. and have
been told that there II a resurrection.
and II Ia such fun to tell them there
will be no resurrectlonl Many OF them
have believed that Christ came TO car
~ the burdens and 10 heal the wounds
Of the world. and Il IL such fun 10 tell
them they will have 10 be their own
ssviourl Think Of the meanest thing
you ever heard Of: then go down a
thousand feet underneath II. and you
viii find yourself at the top Of stairs
a hundred miles long; 30 TO the bot
tom Of the stairs. and you will ind a
ladder a thousand miles long: then 30
u the foot OF the ladder and look on a
preclpice half as far an from here 10
China. and you will hnd the headquar-
tiers Of the meanneas that would rob
this world Of is only comfort In life
lts only peace In death. and its only
hope for immortality. Slaughter q
young mans faith In God. and there ID
no. much more left 10 slaughter.
Now. what has become OF the slaugh.
tor,dg Well. some OF them are IL
their fathers or mothers house, broker
down In health. waiting TO die: other
are In the hospital. others are In tn
cemetery, or. rather. their bodies are
for their souls have gone on to rotri
hutton. Not much prospect for a younl
man who started life with good health
, ane good education. and a Christian
example set him, and opportunity O
, usefulness. who gathered all his treas
urcs and put them In one box, an
e then dropped u into the sea.
Now. how Is this Wholesale slaugh
/, ter 10 be stopped There Is not a pei
con who 10 not interested In that CUES
ton. The object Of my sermon Is I
, pa, a weapon In each OF your hand
for your own defense. Wait not Il
Young Mems Christian Associations /
protect ycu. or churches to prote'
you. Appealing TO God for help. tai
!. care OF yourself.
a First, have a room somewhere thi
. you can call your own. Whether
n be the back parlor Of a fashionab
n boarding house. or a room In n
. fourth story OF a cheap lodging. / cal
. not Only have that one room yo'
a fortress. let not the dlssipater
/ unciean step over the threshold.
IL they come up the long fight Of stat
IA and knock AZ the door. meet them fa
Il to face and kindly yet hrmly rofu
a them admlttance. Have few fami
IL portraits on the wall. II you brougl
" them with you from your count
o home. Have a Bible on the stand.
you can afford Il and can play on or
l. have an instrument OF musie-harp.
= Cute. or eornet. OF melodeon. or violi
! or piano. Every morning before u
leave that room pray. Every night a
= te- you come home In that room pra
J. Make that room your Gibraltar. yor
sebaatopol. your Mount Zion. Let /
y bad book or newspaper come into IN
!. room any more than you would allo
a cobra TO coil on your table.
= Take care Of yourself. Nobody ell
!, will take care OF you. Your help vi
no, come up two. or three. or fol
, flights Of stairs. your help will con
y through the roof. down from heave
II from that God who In the six thousar
N years Of the worlds history never b
m trayed a young man who tried TO
n good and a Christian. Let me say
n regard 10 your adverse worldly el
,e cumstanoes. In passing that you are 4
e level nov with those who are anal
b 10 succeed Mark my words, your
IN man. and think Of Il thirty years fro
NJ now. You will ind that those vi
e. thirty years from nov are the mlllloI
"a aires Of this country, who are the or
le tors OF the country. who are the poe
ID OF the country, who are the stroI
10 merchants OF the country who are ii