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

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movements Of worldly events. especial
" when We are assured that Il is not a
yoke OF unbrokcn steers that are draw
ing Us on, but Tint order and wise gov
eminent are 10 the yoke?
Again, Amos saw, rs We must sec.
that The God who made these two
arohipelaEoes Of stars must be an I'M
changing God. There had been no
change In the stellar appearance IN
this heriaman's lifetime and his faith
or, a shepherd. reported 10 him that
there had been no change in his life
tine. And these two clusters hang
over the celestial arbor nov Just a.
they we're the FIRST night that they
shone on tho Edenlc bowers. the same
as when the Egyptians built the Pyra-
mids from the top Of which TO watch
them, the same as when tho Chaldeans
calculated the ecilpsos. the same az
when Ellhu. according TO tho Book OF
Job. went out 10 study the aurora
boreails, the same under Ptolemaie
system and Copornlcan system. the
same from Calisthenes TO Pythagoras.
and from Pythagoras 10 Herschel Sure
". a changoless God must have fash
Toned the Plelados and Orlonl on. what
an anodyno amid the ups and downs
Of life. and the lux ana rcnux OF the
tides Of prosperity. 10 know that We
have a changoless God. the same yes
terday. to-day. and forever"
Norxca garlandod and knightcd the
sieersman Of his boat IN the morning
and hanged him IN the evening Of the
same day Fifty thousand people
stood around the columns Of the ma
tloral capital. shouting themselves
hoar1e az the presidential inaugural.
and IN four months 90 great we're the
anilpaihica that a ruflan's pistol IN
Washington depot expressed the nenil-
mcnt o. many a disappointed Office
seeker The world sits IN lis chariot
and drives tandem. and the horse
ahead D. Huzza. and the horse
behind 90 AnlthomA Lord Cob
ham. Ga King James time was
applauicd. ana had thirty-aye thou.
mnd dollars year. but was
nfierward oxccraicf. and lived on
scraps stolen from the royal kitchen.
Alexander the Great after death re-
manned unburied ior thirty ds,s BE-
cause no one would do the honor of
fhovci.ng him under The Duke o.
Wellington refused 90 have his iron
fence mendcd because d had been
broken by an iniuriaici popuiace in
some hour Of political excitement. and
be- left d In ruins that mon might learn
what a ackle thlag Is human favor.
"nui the mercy OF the Lord IA from
everlasting 90 everlasting 10 them that
fear him. and Bis Righteousness unto
the ehlidron's children Of Euch a. keep
hls covenant. and 10 those Who re-.
member hla commandments 20 90
them" This moment seek him that
maketh the Seven Stars and Orloa."
And I am glad that 90 many texts
call us 10 look on 70 other worlds.
many Of them larger and grander and
more resplendent Look there" says
job. at Nazareth and Arcturus and
his sonsr Look there" says S. John.
at the moon under Chrlst's feetr'
Look there" says Joshua. at the sun
standing SIN above GibconF' Look
there" says Moses. "a, the parking
nrmamcntr Look there" says Amos.
the herdsinan. AT the Seven Stars and
orlonT DO not let ua BE- 20 sad about
those who shove on from this world
under Chrlstly plloiage. DO not let us
be 30 aglhicd about our own going
% this little barge or sloop or canal
boat OF a world 20 got on some Great
Eastern" o. the heavens DO not let
us persist In wanting 20 stay In this
barn. this shed. this clubhouse OF a
world. when an the kings palaces al
roady occupied by many Of our best
friends are swinging vide open their
gates 90 lci rs IN.
When read. In my fathers house
are many mansions. do not know but
that each world u a room. and a. many
rooms as there are worlds. stellar
Railways, stellar Windows. stellar
domcs How our departed friends
must pity us shut up IN these cramped
apartments. tired n we walk nftoon
miles. whcn they some morning. by one
stroke Of wing. can make e,rouit OF the
whole stellar system and be back In
umofor matins' Perhaps yonder twink
Inns constcllatlonis the residence Of the
martyrs; that group OF twelve lumina-
ries may be the celestial home OF the
Apostles Perhaps that steep o. light
o. the dwelling place ofanrcls choruhlc.
serapAlc, archsngelic. A MANSION with
rs many rooms ns worlds. and an their
windows Illuminated Cor fol'lylty.
on. how this wiceus and lii,s and
r,imnlaiCs our oxnec.ai.cn' How little
% makes the present and how s,upcn-
tou1 70 makes me mmrcl How it coa-
lolca ua about our p.ous dead. that ln-
stead OF hclng boxed up and under
the ground have the range OF as many
rooms as there are worlds. and wei
come everywhere. for O. "a the Fathers
house. IN which there arc many man
aionsl on, lord God OF he Seven
Stars and Orion, how can ! endure tho
transport. the ecstasy. OF such a vision
/ must obey nay text and seek him. !
win seek him ] seek him now, Cor !
call 20 mind that 90 is not the material
universe that IL mos, valuable. but the
spiritual, and each OF Us has a soul
worth moro than an tho worlds which
the Inspired hordsman saw from bis
booth on the hills OF Tokoa.
/ had studied Il before. but the
Cathedral Of Cologne Germany. never
Impressed me a. q ala one summer Il
Is admittedly the grand,s, Gothlcsiruc-
iure IN the world. iis foundation laid
In 1913 nnfe4 d. -. ....a. aa, naslt.