The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-26

sands and tens Of thousands into ruin.
Eve Just tasted the fruit She YVES
curious to find out how It tasted. and
that curiosity blasted her and blasted
all nations. SO there are olcrgymen In
this day inspired by unhealthful in
qulsltiytness who have tried to look
through the keyholo OF Gods mystic
rles-mystorlo8 that were barred and
holtod from all human inspection. and
they have wrenchod their whole moral
nature out OF Joint by trying 20 pluck
fruit from branches beyond their reach
or have come cut on limbs Of the tree
from which they have tumhled into
ruin without remedy. a thousand trees I
Of religious knowledge from which VIC |
may eat and Sc, advantage; but from |
certain trees OF mystery how many
have pluckgd their ruln' Election
free agency. trinity. resurrecuon-in
the discussion Of these subjects hun
drcds and Thousands Of people ruin the
soul. There are men who actually
have been kept out Of the kingdom OF
heaven because they could not under
stand who Mclchisedec was not
Oh. how many have been destroyed
By an unhealihhul inquiEiiiyeness! II
Is seen In all directions. There are
those who stand with the oye-stare and
mouth-gape OF curiosity. They are the
nrst 20 hear a falsehood. build u an
other story high and two wings 10 H.
/ About other peoples apparel. about
other peoples business. about other
peoples financial condition. about 9th
cr peoples Affairs. they are over
anxious. Every nice piece OF gossip
stops at their door. and they iatten and
luXurlato In the cndlefs round o. the
great world OF tlttle-tattlc. They In
ylte and sumptuously entertain az their
house Colonel Twaddle and Esquire
Chivhat and Governor Smalltalk.
whoever hath an ianucnGo. whoever
hath scandal. whoever hath a yalua-
bic secret. let him come and sacrifice
Il 10 this Goddess OF spluitor. Thou
sands OF Adams aud Ewes do nothing
but eat fruit that does not belong to
them. Men quite well known as math-
omaticlans failing In this computation
OF moral algebra: good sense plus good
breeding. minus curiosity. equals mind
ing your own affairs
Observe also In this subject how re-
pclling s!n Is when appended 10 great
nttrnctlvcners. Since Ewes death there
has been no such perfection % woman
hood You could no, suggest an at
traciiveness TO the body OF suggest any
refinement 90 the manner. You could
add no gracciuluess 90 the gait. no lus-
tire 90 the eye. no sweetness 10 the
voice. A perfect God made her a per.
feet woman. 20 be- the companlon OF q
man iu q perfect home. and her catlrg
nature vihraied In accord with the
. beauty and cong Of Paradise. but Oh,
. robeucd against Gods government
ana with the same hand with which
: she pluckcd the fruit she launched up.
. on the world the crimes. the Wars. th,
i tumults that have SCI the universe a.
, valliue
A terrible olsc; 90 an her ATTRACTIVE
b. ness We are not surprised when ",
. ana men aad women naturally vulgal
0 going into transgrcss.on. We expcc
b that people who live In the ditch fhal
% have the manners OF the ditch. hu
% how shocking when We ind ain ap
/. pended 20 superior education and 70 IN
b reancments Of social life' Tie accom-
e. pllshments Of Mary Queen % Scot
r. make her patronage Of narnleT. a.
d prunigate. the more appalling. In
e genius Of Catharlnc II. Of Russia ont
j. sets forth IN more powerful oontras
/. her unappeasable ambition. The trans
n lations from the Greek and the Lati
4 by Elizabeth. aud her wonderful quail
b. fcations for a queen. make the NOR
j. disgusting her capriciousness Of al
fectlon and her Holiness % tempe
b. The greatness 90 Byrcns mind make
a the more alarming the Byr5ns sensual
d lty.
N Let no one think that rcnnemvut &
IA manner or eXQulsiteacss Of taste q
a superiority 81 education can "a an
~ wise apologize Tor ill-temper. Tor a
.e oppressive spirit. Tor unkiainess. d
.s any kind ui aa. nlgohe3ionce Go,
a ward and transvrcssiOa manward a.
y. give mo- excuse. Accomplished
hoaycn-h.gh b. no apology !or vice bel
, deep
My subject also imprcsscs me Nj
=. the regal influence Of woman. When
!. see Eve with this powerful inauen'
I, over Adam aud over the generation
- that have followed. Il suggests 20 n
the great power an women have {,
I, good or Tor evil have no sympath
y. nor have you. with the hollow aa';c
=. lee showCgCd upon woman from q
/. platform aud the stage. They mel
nothing they arc accepted as noihir
Z, womans nobility consists In the e
!. erclso OF q Christian influence. al
:. when see this powerful influence
y Eve upon her husband and upon Il
!, whole human race. make mp my nil
I. that the frall arm OF woman can stril
\, blow which Will resound through !
eternity down among the dungeons
A. up among the thrones.
\, OF course. am not speaking ~ re-
y, resentatlye women-of Eve. who ruin
=, Che race by one iruit-pleklng. oi Jal
n who drove spike through the hc
IA VI siscra the warrior; Of Esther, vi
An ovcrcame royalty; Of Abigail. vi
he stopped a host by her own bcauui
H. proves; OF Mary who nurscd q
az worlds savior; Of Grandmother 10
ed immortallzed IN her grandson Tim
AZ shy. OF Charlotte Corday, who dro
he. tho dagrcr through the heart OF {
.ce assassin 81 her lover; or Of Marie A
30. ioinctte. who by one look from the b
M. cony OF her castle Qule,ed a mob, D
rs. own scanold the throne Of torglyeu'
a.