The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-02

Ah9IN aft UtufiH MHt ~ AAtNAANAaAN
TO come to God. must run between a
great many business perpieAiiies. II
man go over to business at ten o'clock
In the morning. and come away at
three O'Clock In the afternoon. he has
some time for religion; but how shall
you find time for religious contempla-
ton when you are driven from sunrise
10 sunset, and have been for Ave years
going behind In business. and are fire.
quently dunned by creditors whom you
cannot pay. and when from Monday
morning until Saturday night. you are
lodging bills that you cannot meet7
You walk day by day in uncertainties
that have kept your brain on fire for
the past three years. Some with less
business troubles than you have gone
crazy. The clerk has heard a noise In
the back countlng-room. and gone In.
and found the chief man OF the firm a
raying manalc: or the wife has heard
the bang OF a pistol In the back parlor.
and gone In. stumbling over the dead
body OF her husbands suicide. There
are men pursued. harrassed. trodden
down. and scalped OF business perplexi-
ties. and which way 10 turn next they
DO not know. Now God will not be
hard on you He knows what obstacles
are In the way Of your being a Chris
tian. and your first effort In the right
direction he will crown with success.
DO not let Satan. with cotton bales.
and kegs. and hogsheads. and counters.
and stocks OF unstable goods. block
up your way 10 heaven. Gather up all
your energies Tighten the glrdle
about your lolns. Take an agonizlng
look into the face OF God. and then
say. Here goes one grand effort for
life eternal" and then bound away for
heaven, escaping "as with the skin Of
your teeth
This world Is a poor portion for your
soul. oh. business mani An Eastern
king had craven on his tomb two nm
gers. represented as sounding on each
other with a snap. and under them the
motto. IAN Ia not worth that" Apt
elus Coelius hanged himself because
his steward informed him that he had
only eighty thousand pounds sterling
left All OF this worlds riches make
but a small inheritance for soul.
Robesplerre attempted 10 win the APP
plause Of the world. but when be was
dying. a woman came rushing through
the crowd. crying 10 him. Murderer OF
my kindred. descend 20 hell. covered
with the curses Of every mother In
Franoei" Many who have expected
the piaudits OF the world have died I'M
der ita Anaihema Maranatha.
on. End your peace IN God. Make
one strong pull for heaven. No half
way work will DO Il. There sometimes
comes a time on shipboard when every
thing must be SACRIFICED 10 save the
passengers The cargo IL nothing. the
rigging nothing. The captain puts the
b trumpet TO his lip and shouts. "cul
I, away the mast" Some OF you have
. been tossed and driven. and you have
In your efforts 10 keep the world vel
= night lost your soul Until you have
decided this matter let everything els
= 20. Overheard with all those othei
: anxletles and burdens You will havl
p TO drop the sails Of your pride ant
. cut away the mast With one earnes
b cry for help. put your cause into III
Z hand OF him who helped Paul out o
1 the breakers Of Melita. and who. abov
A the shrill blast of the wrathiest TEN
a pest that ever blackened the sky o
). shook the ocean. can hear the falntea
o lmploration Tor mercy.
shall close this sermon feeling tina
+. some OF you. who have eonsidere
/ your case a. hopeless. will take hear
i again. and that with a bloOd-red ear
= nestness. such a. you have never 81
perisnced before. you will start for n
good land Of the 0ospel-at last {
look back. saying. What a great ris
ram Almost lost. but saved Jus
go, through. and no morel Escape
by the skin Of my teeth"