The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-02

hhfchcu I'LL their cut feet tracked the
Earth. They were swlndled out OF
heir honest rations. and lived on meat
hot NJ for a dog. They had jaws all
and eyes extinguished. and
limbs shot away. Thousands OF them
'ried for water rs they lay dying on
he field the night after the battle, and
got Il not They were homesiek. and
received no message from their loved
ones. They died In barns. In bushes.
In bitches. the buzEards OF the sum
ner heat the only attendants on their
obsequies. No one but the INFINITE God
who knows everything. knows the ten
thousandth part OF the length. and
breadth. and depth. and height Of the
anguish Of the Northern and South
ern Battlefield Why did these faith
ers leave their children and 80 TO the
front, and why did these young men.
postponing the marriage day. start out
into the probabilities OF never coming
baek1 For the country they died. Life
Tor life. Blood for blood. substitu-
toni
But we need not 90 so far. What Is
that monument IN Greenwood Il IL to
the doctors who fell 10 the Southern
opidemics Why got Were there not
enough sick 10 be attended In these
Northern iatitudesi Oh. yes; but the
doctor puts a few medical books In his
vallse. and some phlals OF medicine.
and leaves bis patients here In the
hands OF other physicians. and takes
the rall-train. Before be gets TO the
infected regions he passes crowded
rail-trains. regular and extra. taking
the flying and affrlghted populations.
Ho arrives In a city over which a great
horror IL broodlng. He goes from
couch 10 couch. feeling OF the pulse and
studying symptoms. and prescribing
day after day. night after night. until
a fellow-physician says. Doctor. you
had better go home and rest; you look
miserable" But he cannot rest while
20 many are suffering. on and on. un-
al some morning finds him IN a dellri-
um. IN which he talks OF home. and
then rises and says he must go and
look after those patients. He IL told "a
lie down; but he fights his attendants
until he falls back, and Il weaker and
weaker. and dies for people with whom
he had no kinship. and far away from
his own family, and IL hastily put away
In a strangers tomb. and only the ffth
part OF a newspaper line tells as OF his
sacrihce-his name Just mentioned
among ave. Yet he has touched the
furthest height OF aubllmlty In that
three weeks OF humanitarian service
lie goes straight a. an arrow 10 the
bosom Of him who said: Il was sleA
and ye visited me-" Life for life. Blood
Tor blood. Substitution!
What an exaltlng principle THU
which leads one TO suffer for another
Nothing 90 kindles enthusiasm Of
awakens eloQuenee. or chimes poetic
canto. or moves nations The prin.
eiple ls the dominant one In our rellg'
ion-Christ the Martyr. Christ the CO.
lesiial Hero, Christ the Defender
Christ the Substitute. No new prinel'
pie. Tor Il was as old as human nature
but now on a grander. wider. higher
deeper and more world-resoundlnl
scale! The shepherd boy as a cham
plon for Israel with a sling topplet
the giant OF Philistlne braggadocio II
the dust: but here Is another Davlt
Who for all the armies Of churches mil
liant and triumphant. hurlS the Gollatl
OF perditl0n into defeat. the crash o
his brazen armor like an explosion a
Hell Gate. Abraham had at God
command agreed 10 sacrifice his sol
Isaac. and the same God Just In tim
had provided a ram OF the thleket as
substitute: but here Ia another Isaa
bound 70 the altar. and no hand ar
rests the sharp edges Of liberation an
death, and the universe shlyers an
quakes and recolls and groans at IN
horror.
All good men have for centuries bee
trying 20 tell whom this substltu,
was like. and every comparison. n
splred and uninspired. evangelism
, prophetic. apostolic. and human. fall
/ short. Tor Christ was the Great Unllk
, Adam a type OF Christ. because
came directly from God Noah a tyT
3 OF Christ. because he delivered his ow
= family from the deluge. Melchlsedec
{ type OF Christ. because he had no pre-,
q ecessor or successor: Joseph n tyI
OF Christ. because he was cast out |
his brethren. Moses type OF Chrli
b because he wAa a dellverer from bon
I age; Samson a type Of Christ. becau
\ OF his strength TO alay the lions NJ
l. carry OF the iron gates OF imposslb
: ity: Solomon a type OF Christ. In q
afiiuenco OF his dominion; Jonah a "
q OF Christ. because OF the stormy .
IN which he threw himself for the =,
y cue OF others; but put together Ada
= and Noah and Melehlsedec and Jose
and Moses and Joshua and samson a
Solomon and Jonah. and they woJ
no, make a fragment Of a Christ.
: quarter OF Christ. the half OF a Chri
or the mllllonth part OF Christ
: He forsook a throne and sat do
on his own footstool. lie came n
I. the top OF glory TO the bottom Of !
initiation. and changed a cireumi
onoe soraphlc for a circumference d
|. bollc. Once waited on by angels n
a Kissed at by brigands. From afar q
a high up he came down; past mote
y swifter than they; by starry thror
n himself moro lustrous. past lar
!. worlds 10 smaller worlds, down Ga
I, OF ornaments and from cloud
!, cloud. and through tree-tops and !
u the camors stall. 20 thrust his she
!, der under our burdens and take
lanccs OF pain through his vitals'
4, wrapped himself In all the agor
which We deserve for our misdOir