The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-26

forceful and repulslve words out Of Il /
-ravenous. That bird has a passion |
FOR picking out the eyes Of men and |
OF animals. Il loves TO maui the sick
and the dying. II swallows with vul-
turous guzzle everything Il can put
its beak on; and yet all the food Elijah
gets for six months or a year Is from
ravens. SO your supply Is goinS 10
come from an unexpected source.
You think some great-hearted. gen
erous man will come along and give
you his name on the back OF your note.
or he will 30 security for you In some
great enterprise No. he will not.
God will open the heart OF some Shy
lock toward you. Your relief will come
from the most unexpected quarter.
| Tho providence which seemed ominous
/ viii be- 20 you more than that which
/ seemed suspicious. II will not be n
chainnch with breast and wing dashed
with white and brown and chestnut: Il
VIII be n black raven.
Here ls whore We an make our mis-
take. and that rs In regard 10 the coll
or Of Gods providence. a white PROV
idonco comes 90 as. and we say. "Oh.
/ 70 Is mercy" Then o black providence
comes toward MS. and we say. "Oh, that
g. dIsasior'" The white providence
comes 10 you. and you have great
business success. and you have n hun
drcd thousand dollars. aud you got
proud, and you get independent Of
God. and You begin 10 feel that the
prayer. Give me this day my daily
bread" "a Inappropriate Tor you. for
you have made provision for a hundred
years. Then black providence comes.
and Il sweeps everything away. and
then You begin 10 pray. and you be-
gin 10 feel your dependence. and be-
gin 20 be- humble before God. and you
cry out Tor treasures Ia heaven. The
black providence brought you saliva
. ton. The white providence brought
you ruin. That which seemed 20 be
harsh and fierce and dissonant was
your greatest mercy. II was a raven.
There was a child born In your house
Al your friends congratulated you
Tho other children OF the family stood
, amazed looking At the newcomer. and
asked a great many questions. gen
calogIoll and chronological You
said-and you said truthfully-that q
8 white angel few through the room and
left the little one there That it'll,
+; one stood with rs two feet In IN,
d very sanctuary Of your affection. ant
}; with its two hands Il took hold OF N,
y altar Of your soul But one day Their,
p came one oi the three scOurges OF chill
4 dren-scarlet fever. or Group. or dlph
10 thcrla-and all that bright scene van
u ished The chatterlng. tho strang
II questions the pulling al the dresses a
n you crossed the noor-all ceased.
"A Mrs Jane Pithey. Of Chicago. a well
"a known Christian woman. was left b,
BE- her husband a widow with one hal
J, dollar and a cottage She was palsled
!. and had a mother ninety years OF az
@. 10 support The widowed soul ever
b. day asked God FOR all that was needle
4. In the household. and the servant eve
"a war astouIshcd at the precision wit
b, which God answered the prayers q
that woman. item by item. item b
~ item One day. rising from the fam
ID ily altar the servant said. "You hav
BE- not asked Tor coal. and the coal
10 cut"
e.. Then they stood and prayed Tor N
81. coal ono hour after that the sorvar
Be- threw open the door and said. "Th
in coal has come a generous maj
No whose name could give you. had ser
5- as never before and never since
ay supply Of coal You cannot undcrstau
40 o. DO. Ravens Ravens,