The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-08

better or making Il worse. on the
Lords side or on the DEVILS. making
up reasons for our blessedness or ban
ishmeni; and We have already done
work 10 peopllng heaven or hell ]
near people tell Of what they are going
70 do. A man who has burned down q
city might az well talk OF some evil
that be expects 10 DO. or a man who has
saved an empire might as well talk Of
some good that be expects 10 DO. By
The force Of your evil influence YOU
have already consumed Infinite values.
or you have BY the power Of a right
Influence. won whole kingdoms for
God.
II would be absu-i FOR me. by elab-
crate argument. 10 prove that the
world "a on the track. You might as
well stand al the foot Of an embank-
ment. amid the wreck Of a capsIzed
rail-train. proving by elaborate argu-
ment that something is out Of order
Adam tumbled over the emhankment
sixty centuries ago. and the whole
race. In one long train. has gone on
iumbling In the aame direction. Crash
crash The only question now Is. by
what leverage can the crushed thing
be lifted? BY what hammer may the
fragments be reconstructed want
10 show you how we may turn many
10 righteousness. and what will be our
future pay for 80 doing.
First We may turn them by the
charm Of a right example. 4 child
coming from a filthy home vas taught
al school 20 wash lts face II went
home 80 much improved In appearance
that its mother washed her face. And
when the father Of the household came
home and saw the Improvement 10
domestic appearance. be washed his
face. The neighbors, happening 10.
saw the change. and tried the same ex-
pertinent. until all that street was purl-
fed and the next street copied rs ex-
ample and the whole city felt the re-
suit % one gchoolboy washing his face
That is a fable. by which we set forth
that the best way 20 get the world
washed % itG sins and pollution Is 20
have our own heart and lie cleansed
and purified a man with grace 10 biz
heart and Christian cheorfulness In his
face and holy consistency Ia his be-
hayIor s. perpetual sermon; and tho
sermon differs from others IN that %
has but one head. and the longer IL
runs the better
Again. We may turn many 10 right
eOuzness By prayer There is no such
detective as prayer. for no one can
hide away from H. u puts rs hand
on the shoulder OF a man ten thousand
miles On u allghts on ship mid.
Atlantic. The little child cannot IN.
dorstand the law Of electricity. or how
the telegraph operator. by touching the
instrument here. may dart a messag,
under the sea 10 another continent
nor can we. with our small intellect
understand how the touch OF a Chris.
tian's prayer shall instantly strike a
soul on the other side Of the earth. You
take ship and 80 20 some other country
and get there 40 eleven o'clock In IN,
morning You telegraph 10 America
and the message gets here al NJ,
o'clock the same morning In Other
words II seems 20 arrive here fy,
hours before q started. Like that /,
prayer. God says: Before they call
will hear" To oyertako a loved on,
on the road, you may spur up a lather.
ed steed until he shall OUTRAGE the ono
that brought the news TO Client: but
a prayer shall catch Il at one gallon
a boy running away from home ma,
take the midnight train from the conn.
Try village and reach the seaport In
time 10 gain the ship that sails ON m,
morrow. hut mothers prayer vii
be on the deck 10 meet him. and In
the hammock before he swings into n
and al the capstan before he winds m,
rope around. and on the sea. against
the sky. as the vessel pioughs a,
toward u. There Is a mlgh,iness n
prayer. George Muller prayed com
pany OF poor boys together. and ther
he prayed up an asylum In which the,
might be sheltered lie turned his fac.
toward Edinburgh and prayed ana
there came thousand pounds. n,
turned his face toward Dublin an,
prayed, and there came thousan,
pounds The breath Of Elljah's prayel
blew all the clouds OF the sky. and \
was dry weather. The breath OF ELI
iah's prayer blew all the clouds TO
gether, and Il was wet weather. Pray
err, In Daniels time. walked the cav,
rs a llon-tamer. II reached up. an,
took the sun by H. golden bit an,
stopped II, and the moon by It's sllye
bit. and stopped H.
We have all yet to try the fun powe
OF prayer, The time will come whei
the American Church will pray will
its face toward the West and all IN,
pralries and inland cities will surrend
er to God; and will pray with fac,
toward the sea. and all the island
and ships will become Christian. Pa
rents who have maynard sons will ge
down on their knees and say: Lord
send my boy home" and the boy II
Canton shall get right mp from IN,
gaming-table, and go down to find GU
which ship starts first for America.
Not one OF us yet knows how /,
pray. All We have done AZ yet has onl,
been potterlng. A boy gets hold OF hi
fathers saw and hammer. and tries I,
make something, but Il IL a poor anal
that he makes. The father comes an,
takes the same saw and hammer, ant
builds the house or the ship. In tn,
childhood OF our Christian faith. W,
make but poor work with these weap
ons OF prayer. but when we come I,
the stature OF men In Christ Jesus
then. under these implements. IN,
temple Of God will rise. and the world
redemption will DO launched. Go,