The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-19

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lR.frrtY1N youth we say.
(StI what pity"
Ey1kALN Dr. Muhlonbersh.
EA In old age. said
6' that the hymn
written In early lie by his own hand.
no more expressed his sentiments
when 4 said.
! would not live alvay.
II one be pleasantly circumstance,
be never wants 20 go. william Cullen
Bryant. the great poet. al So years OF
age. standing Ia my house o.. fesial
group reading "Thanaiopsis without
epeciacles was lu8i as anxious 90 live
as when ai rs years OF age be- wrote
that immortal threnody Cato feared
~ so years OF age that he would not
live 20 learn Greek Monaldosco. az
1iJ years. writing the history u his
time feared a collapse Thesphras-
tui. writing q book az 80 years
OF axe. vas anxious 90 live 10 com
plote a. Thur'1s Weed % about sc
years OF age. found life as great a de-
STABILITY as when be- snufied out hls
frat politician. Albert Barnes. 20 well
prepared for the next world az 20. said
he would rather stay here. So &c rs an
the way down ] suppose that the last
time that Methuselnh was ont Of doors
IN a storm De- vas afraid Of getting his
feet wet. lest u shorten his days. In
deed. ! some time ago preached a SER
mon on the blessings OF longevity but
now propose 90 preach 10 you about
the blessings of an abbreviated earth.
~ existence. n ! were an Agnostlc
would say a man GA blessed In proper
ton 20 The number OF years be can
stay on terra hrma. because after tina
he falls on the docks. and u be Is ever
picked out Of the depths II Is only %
be sot up in some morgue OF the uni
verse 10 see u anybody will claim him.
II I thought God made man only 20 last
forty or lfty lr % hundred years. aud
then Do was 90 30 into humiliation. ]
wclld Say hla chief business ought 90
be 10 keep alive. and even in good
weather tn De- very cautious and a.
carry an umbrella and take oyorshoos
and liio proservers. and bronze armor.
and weapons of defense. lost he fan or
into nothineues and oblltomtlon.
But. my friends. yon are not Az.
uosiIcL You believe IN Immortality
and The eternal residence OF The right
cous IN heaven. and therefore. I FIRST
romayk that an abbreviated earthly
caiaehco o. to De desired. and is o.
hlesslnk. because q makes ones life
work very compact
Some men go 20 business az seven
O'Clock In the morning and return a.
seven In the evening. Others go OF
eight O'Clock and return az twelve
Others so AZ ten and return AZ four
have friends who are ten hours a day
in business. others who are Eve hours
others who are one hour They an do
their work we'll. they do their entlr,
work End then they return. which
position do you think the most desir.
ahleg You say. other things bolns
equal. the man who "a the shortest
time detained On business. and VIII,
can return home the quickest. o. "a,
most blessed
Now. my friends. why not carry thai
good sense into iho subject OF trans
ference from this world9 n a person
die Ia childhood. he gets through h
work NJ nine O'Clock In the morning
n he de at forty-nve years OF age. III
Gets through hls work az twely,
O'Clock. noon. n be die AZ sevcatl
years OF age. be gets through bis worl
NJ I've O'Clock la the afternoon. n n
die AZ ninety. he has 20 toll an the wa
on up TO eleven o'clock at nlght. TIL
sooner We get through our work thl
better. The harvest all In harrack o.
barn. the farmer does not sIt down Il
2 the stubblo-neld but. shouldoring hl
ecythe. and taking his pitcher From
under the tree, be- makes stralgh
line for the old homestead All wi
want 10 be anxious about Is 90 set on
work done. and wcil done. and On
Qulcher the better
Agaln. There 's blessing IN an ah
hrevlaiod earthly existence In the fac
that moral disaster might come upo
che man 10 hc tarriCl longer Recent
w. man who had been prominent O
ohufches. aud who hai been admire
fog bis generosity and Kindness every
who're. Cor forgery was sent 90 stat
pr.rnn 'or X years Twenty years as
thcrc was no moro probability OF tina
man's committing q commercial 90.
hoacsty than that you viii comm
commercial dishonesty. The numb,
on men Who tan into ruin holwoc
ATTY ara seventy years OF aro is sim
ply anraulng. n they had died thIrt
vohfa c-nre. q would have been Del
Ter for'thcm and better for iheig iau
uler The shorter the voyage. the lC'
chance for a cyclone
There Is wiong theory abroad. th'
n one youth De yight, his old af
will lo rlFht You m.eht as well q.
there Il nothing wanting Cor @ ship
safciy except 90 cet % FULLY launch'
on he Atlantic Ocean ] have SOM
t.mes asked tho-c who were schoo
m,uf o.. collcgc.maics Of some tfe
d,nnlior "whai bind Of a boy VI.
bcqa "what Mind of youug ma
vas heq" and thoy have said. WI
d. was a splendid fellow; J had p
n ho could ever $50 into such
mir1se" The zoe, la tho great tenn
talon Of uio sometimes comes iar q
m mid.uio. or ln old age
Tho aia time / cros.od the Atanl
O.,,n "a was as smooth as a m.
r.ui. and thought the sea capital.
ard the voyagOs had slanaefel q
Old ocean. and ] wrCio home an g..
for magazine on The Smile OF q
sea bat never afierward could ha'
written that thing. Ger before We 8
home. Ne got a terrible sNakins y
The aui voyage Of iifc may Be N'l
smooth. NE last may be ca oelloo
Many who start liio Ia great pi',''
Az fo nai rrH IL In prosperity.