The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-10
DIR. BURLESON breaches.
Ex-Presidcat Of Bsvior University
Pills the First Baptist Pulpit.
The RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF TEXAS
His Text Taken from the First Book,
seventh Chapter md twelfth
Verse OF samuel.


had held with such distinguished honor fol
thq past forty seven years. preached las,
night al the First Bap,is, church 10 an i'm.
mense compensation. The occasion was III,
aftieth annfyersary 81 DR.. Bufieson's trsi
SERMON 10 Houston. he having bsen pastor Of
the First baptist church nifty years ago.
Dr. Lamkin. the present pastor OF tbs
ehureh, made few introductory remarks. IN
wbish be said that the service would. be OF
peculiar interest, from DR.. BurIcson's pas,
connection with tbe church. bis great lie
Of useful selt-dcyotlon for the glory Of Christ
and referring 70 him as the grand old man
| OF TEXAS. aaid that Dr. Duncan. pastor of the
second Baptist church of Houston. and who
mad been educated at the feet OF Or. Buslcson.
would make a short opening address.
Dr. Duacsn spoke OF pr Burlez0n ia terms
OF the hishczt praise. paying glowing trib-
utes 10 hs long and noble career In the
| stats. he ssid that atty years ago there had
/ landed AZ Galveston a boat load Of preachers
| among whom was Dir. Burleson. as we'll as
I ifuekiaa. Try0g. baylor and other giants; tia;
| there was then only about 2poo Bapttsts in the
whole State, and that today there are s0e 80
| white Baptlsts and i39o 90 colored Beptlsts;
| that out Of all the llttle band who landed ct
| Galveston. only DR.. Burlcson lrft--the
| sublime character whose COURAGEOUS heart
years 10 Texas. whose eye had hEnn upon
every political convention, and who had ever
heen q powerful and consistent champion Of
temperance law and order. He spoke Ut m
Buf!esons splendid work dpr4ng his long "a
reer as president Of Baylor university and
TIE 500 hoys and girls gathered " anh sent
out 80 strongly equipped tor the battlss OF
life, aud closed BIZ saying that .n all great
reforms far the welfare OF tho people of
Texas. Dr. Hgrica9us hand had been visible
After Or. I.amkih had made few remarks
pleasure that the church received 20 listening
again 10 tie venerable. great aud good maj
of God. Dr. burleson opened his sermon, II
was taken from tire first book Of Samuel Ith
chapter and 18th serse. the text being And
Samuel took d stone and set IL up and called
u Ebenezer. saying hitherto hath the Lord
helped us
Or. Rurlesons sermon was in par, and IN
substance ~ follows
On January 8 1873. landed at Galveston,
ana knecltnS down on the sand prayed, "Oh, /
IeaNeply Father, give me Texas or | die /
InlS was The earnest prayer % my soul then
and il has been ansverad | PRAYED that ! |
might be spared To preach IN every couimun
~ IN Texas, and how graclously has God /
blessed our efforts OF the past h.ty years.
Every great thought, every great man that 1
ever blessed humanity has come from within 4
radius Of iP1 miles ~ the Mediterranean |
sen, Texas Is on the shores OF the Mediter- I
ranean q the New world. Texas is the most /
wonderful and the graudest State on the |
Fiobe' Il vas the happy hunting grounds on !
Garth for the Indians After Irihe OF them |
had gone to the bleak and frozen north they /
bsns ', ot ~ 20 e ietsT, ana standing on the
made up Of the richest lands on earth. COW
cred With beautiful forcsfa and prairieg over
-, i.'ius ~ Daiaio, uesf' antelope and al
jumped Up IN the clear wateFA % the streams
pnr,s,.'..s shey eAsia,iuea. Faranise'
Nav tnc1.na md Sn. yn., = ,atfsr man
10 $40 sai,Hrc miles '''" 'o''"'N"a' oy
The climate OF TsSas is the finest on earth
,sah,nd s,l' v uunu' i'nss%u. ihe trench are
vas fi,sf rnisea hy ne nan,t wtne t9psit
,bo Trt,i,,. ''' tt ~ " u'9p,r "no settea on
lana VIII" XXX naslnE no,h driven out of Eng
,ior,. -, Vr,,c'' t nsaas- ~ San ECLIPSE me
NJ ,ids 800 m sfSpe F,l,uFe. hnd tne sou
a., 49,, ~ ~ t,.' Hhs uteh "Hteteh Wltn
"a u'" D'l' u i,l0cs WHOSE SupefloFs the world
mi ~ ,aS
no, s 81 teSas did no more than
go 81. a'n,hlnH earned itnpeFishable fame. Mer-
~ TO- !. q lple 70 senh colonies Of mon
fear,ne o m"o o." ~' , honest, moral and God
,.ss,s- " one occasion, when he had sub
s,,ioeu ialse sum OF money for missionary
w., ~. hrl', hoiie one aAd' MIR. Mercer,
ion mr. throwing your money away-Tcxas
mas brch inc Tesort for the criminals Of the
Mnitu iot , tnifty years, to which Mercer
VIZ 20 i 1aat so tnen they WIZ need more.
y ~ W. WI make y 100000 more When
,,rn,c ~ au', unu III heaven expect to em-
ot ~ his snees
~ WoIlu mas never owned greater found |
~ "a, t,Ai VII, ", fFyon. the grand pathfinder
rs lonk as tline snail last
:, ,M T. ,'. Ereat man was George Peabody
Srs sn'. ,htJs ana onr-halt millions OF dol
~ ~ ~, ~, ulu OK unwn-rodden Texas He
~ bn'r LOON well 70 TeSas--it Ia destined TO
~ ,nu sIandest state between the two
., 49, ahu wnen u seemed that the State
~'s nVout 70 90 robbed Of 1000 900 worth
,, 7, seneol lands he said to Barney Sears III
~ ~ nu"heu, eau on mo Tor n million more"
! NJ vs. wst wnen s-O,WoooO worth OF Texas tree S
snooi iands were about 10 be turned over 10
ne negro school teachers OF the North. but
4 : snh oless heaven that Texas has the most !
,lusloue school system 10 the world In NV
uasmrnt; THIS was largely due to Pea
'ouy. On, his fame Is immortal and his I
it M. shou'd be on every house
o,ner great men who fought the great fight
or Texas were Houston, Austin Hni. Kress. a
lnanaier, hyers, Morrill,, Baylor Pilgrim and 4
tor,on; Austin WAS the mother and Houston
ne iather Houston was ono OF the nohlest
narhcters thst the sun ever shonc upon Bur- :
us , was the Indian fighter who did the !
Hing land n good many Of them had IN hs n