The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-16

NttAt'a vi Aht ear not worse thAn cflmta
Of the foot Oh. we want the wings OF
humility to cover the feet. Ought We
not to 90 into self-abnegation before
the ali-searching. all-ecrutlnizing. all
trying eye OF Godl The seraphs do.
How much more we? with twain he
covered the feet"
All this talk about tho dignity Of
human nature is braggadocio and sin.
Our nature started at the hand Of God
regal. but Il has been pauperlzed.
There Is a well in Belgium which once
had very pure water. and Il was stoutly
masoned with stone and brick: but
that well afterward became the center
OF the battle OF Waterloo. AZ the open
ing OF the battle the soldiers with their
sabors compelled the gardener. william
Won kylsom. 10 draw water out OF the
well for them. and II was very pure
water But the battle ragged. and three
hundred dead and half dead were flung
into the woll for quick and easy burial;
20 that the well Of rofrcshment be-
came the well OF death, and long after.
people looked down into the we'll and
they saw the bleached skulls but no
water. SO the human soul was a VOL
Of good. but the armies OF sin have
fought around Il. and fought across u
and been slain. and Il has become a
well OF skeletons Dead hopes. dead
resolutions. dead opportunities. dead
ambitions. An abandoned well unless
Christ shall reopen and purify and OH
u as the well OF Belgium never was.
Unclean. unclean.
Another seraphic posture In the text:
with twain be covered the face"
That means reverence Godward Never
90 much irreyerence abroad In the
world as to-day. You see Il In the de-
faced statuary. In the cutting out OF
figures from fine paintings. IN the chip
ping OF monuments for a memento. In
the fact that military guard must
stand AZ the grave OF Lincoln and Gar
Geld. and that old shade trees must be
cut down for hrewood. though nity
George p. Morrises beg the woodmon
10 spare the tree. and that calls a corpse
a cadaver. and that speaks OF death as
going over 20 the majority. and sub
stitutos for the reverent terms father
and mother. "the old man" and "the
old woman" and finds nothing Inn
presslyo IN the ruins OF Banlbcc or the
columns Of Karnac. and sees no differ
ence In the Sabbath from other days
except Il allows more dissipation. and
reads the Bible In what 4 called higher
criticism. making 4 not the Word Of
God but a good book with some fne
| things In H. lrreyorcnce never 90
much abroad How many take the name
Of God In vain. how many trivial things
said about the Almighty. Not willing
20 have God IN the world. they roll Up
an idea OF sentimentality and human
iiarlanlsm and impudenco and lmbecll-
ity. and call Il God. No wings OF rever-
ence over the face. no taking on OF
shoes on holy ground. You can tell
from the way they talk they could have
made a better world than this. and
that the God Of the Bible shocks every
sense OF propriety. They talk OF the
love OF God In a way that shows you
they believe Il does not make any dif-
ference how bad a man Is here, he
will come In az the shining gate. They
talk Of the love Of God In a way
whici shows you they think Il
f. a general Jail delivery for all the
abandoned and the scoundrelly OF the
universe No punishment hereafter for
any wrong done here
Tho Bible gives two descriptions OF
God. and they are Just opposite. and
they are both true. In one place the
bible says God Is love. In another
place the Bible says God q a consum-
lng Gre. The explanation Is plain as
plain can be-. God through Chris, IL
love. God out OF Christ IL Gre. To
win the one and 90 escape the other
We have only to throw ourselves body.
mind and soul into Christ's keeping
No" says irreverence. Il want no
atoncmcnt. ! want no pardon. want
no intervention; ! will go up and face
God. and I viii challenge him. and I
viii defy him. and will ask him
what he wants 10 DO with me-" So
the finite confronis the inhnite. % q
tack hammer tries 10 break a thunder
bolt. 30 the breath OF human nosirils
deies the everlasting God. while the
hlerarchs Of heaven bow the head and
bend the knee as the Kings chariot
goes by. and the archangel turns away
because be cannot endure the splendor,
and the chorus Of an the empires OF
heaven comes IN with full dlapason.
Holy. holy. holyw
Reverence for sham. reverence Tor
the old merely because q Is old. rover
ence for stupidity. however learned
reverence Tor incapaclty however fine
~ inauguratcd. have none. But w
want more reverence for God. more
rcvortrce for the sacramenis, mor'
reverence for the Bible. more rover
ence Cor the pure. more reverence COT
the good. Reverence CHARACTERISED,
OF all great natures You hear Il Il
the roll OF the master oratnrios. loi
see Il In the Raphaels and Titlans an,
Ghlrlandaios You study Il IN the ar
chitCcturc OF the Ahollahs and Christie
pher wrcnS DO not be nlppant abou
God. DO not Joke about death. ID
no, make Fun Of the bible. DO not de
ride the Eternal The brightest AM
mlghrest ceraph cannot look una
b Dashed upon him lnyolunarily a.
: wings come mp. with twain he GOV
+. cred his face"
b As you take a pinch Of salt or powde
between your thumb and two Anger
- 30 Isaiah indicates God takes up N
b earth Tie measures the dust Of th
, earth, the original there indicating tha
, God takes all the dust OF all the con
4, tincnts between the thumb and tw