The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-09


night and all the days Of their life
harnefsed In business. Not grace 10
lose hundred thousand. but grace 10
lose ten dollars. Not grace 10 super /
wise two hundred aud hfty employees 10 /
factory, but grace 20 supervise the
bookkeeper and two salesmen. and the |
small boy that sweeps out the store. !
Grace 10 invest not the eighty thou
sand dollars OF net profit. but the TWEEN
ty-dye hundred Of clear gain. Grace
not 20 endure the loss Of z whole ship
load OF spices from the Indies. but
grace 10 endure the loss Of a paper %
collars from the leakage Of a displaced
shingle on a poor roof Grace not 10
endure the hardness OF the American
Congress In passing a necessary law.
but grace 10 endure the tardiness Of
an errand boy stopping TO play marbles
when be ought to deliver the goods.
Such a grace az thousands OF business
men have housekeeping them tran
qull. whether goods sell or do not sell.
whether customers pay or do not pay.
whether tariff IL up or tariff il down.
whether the crops are luxuriant or a
dead failure-calm In all circumstance
and amid all vicissltudes. That Is the
kind OF grace we want
Millions OF men want II. and
they may have II for the ask
Ing. Some hero or heroine
comes to town. and ~ the pro.
eession passes through the streets the
business men come out. stand on tip
toe on their store steps and look at
some one who 10 Arctic cline. or IN
ocean storm. or In day Of battle. or IN
hospital agonies. did the brave thing.
not realizing that they. the enthusiast
tic spectators. have gone through trials
In business life that are Just as great
before God There are men who have
gone through freezing Areties and
burning torrids. and awful Marengoes
OF experience without moving Ave
miles from their doorstep.
Now. what ordinary business men
need Il 10 realize that they have the
friendship Of that Christ who looked
after the religious interests OF Matthew.
the custom house clerk. and helped Ly-
dia. Of Thyatlra. 10 sell the dry goods.
and who opened a bakery and fish mar.
ket In the wilderness OF Asia Minor 70
feed the seven thousand who had come
out on a religious picnic. and who
counts the hairs on your head with a.
much particularly az though they were
the p,umes Of a coronation. and who
took the trouble 10 stoop down with
his finger writing on the ground al.
though the first shuttle OF feet obliter.
ated the divine eallgraphy. and who
knows Just how many locusts there
we're In the Egyptian plague. and
knew Just how many ravens we're nee.
ossary TO supply Elliah's pantry by the
brook Cherlth. aud who. as fioral com.
mander. leads forth all the regiment,
u prlmroses. foxgl9yea. daifodlls. hya
cinlhs. and lilies. which pitch theli
tents Of beauty and kindle their camp
ores Of color all around the hemisphsr,
that that Christ and that God know
the most minute affairs Of your busi
ness life and however Uncomfortable
understanding all the affairs Of tina
woman who leeps a thread and needlr
store as well as all the affairs Of
Roihschlld and a Barring.
Then there are all the ordinary farm
erS We talk about agricultural lie
and We Immediately shoot OF 20 tall
! about Cinclanatus. the patrlclan. VII
went from the pillow 10 a high position
/ and after he got through the dictator
ship. In twenty-one days. went bac
, again 10 the plow. What encourage
ment h that 10 ordinary farmcrs7 Tn
. vast majority Of them none Of ther
will be patrlcians Perhaps none q
them will be senator's II any OF thet
have relationships. u will be over foi
/, ~. or ffty. or one hundred acres {
the old homestead. What these me
. want IL grace. 20 keep their patlenC
while blowing with balky oxen. and
keep cheerful amid the drouth that d
|, stroys the corn crop. and that enabl,
: them % restore the garden the day AZ
er the nelghbor's cattle have broken
and trampicd out the strawberry be-
and gone through the Lima bean pate
and eaten up the sweet corn Ia sue
U large quantities that they must
' kept from the water lest they swell Il
, and die.
, Grace In catching weather that 81
ables them. without imprecation.
= spread out the hay the third TINE. a
l. though again. and again, and again.
q has been almost ready for the nov.
e grace to doctor the COW with n hollo
, horn. and the sheep with the foot re
'e and the horse with the dlstemper, NJ
y 10 compel the unwilling acres TO vie
" livelihood for the family. and schoo
l. ing for the children aud little extras
n help the older boy in business. al
'e something for the daughters weddll
Is OUTFIT, and little surplus for the tlu
e. when the ankles will get stiff with AZ
'e and the breath will be a little shol
e and the swinging Of the cradle throuI
the hot harvest field will bring on 4
" old mans vertigo. Better close
Re about Cinclnnatus. know Ave hu
o. bred farmers Just as noble a. he WI
~ What they want Il to know that th
r. have the friendship Of that Christ W
D. often drew his SMILES from the far
ea er's life. ~ when he said. "a SOW
" went forth TO SOW" as when he bu
g his best parable out OF the scene Of
n farmer boy coming back from
ne wanderings. and the old farm hot
IT. shook that night with rural iubil
ed and who compared himself to a lamb
ny the pasture field and who SAID u
- the eternal God Is farmer declarll
u MY father Ia the husbandman."