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

not be at the obseques They win
have pressing engagements that day.
They will send flowers TO the conn lid.
and send their wives to utter words OF
sympathy. but they will have engage
ments elsewhere. They never come.
Bring me mallet and ohlsel. and will
cut on the tombstone that mans cpl
taph, Blessed are the dead who die In
the Lord" mo" you say. that would
not be appropriate" Let me die the
death Of the righteous. and LET my last
end be like his" NO" you say. that
would not be appropriate" Then give
me the mallet and chisel. and I will
cut an honest epltaph: Here lies the
victim OF dlsslpating club houser'
think that damage Is often done by the
sclons OF some aristocratic family. who
belong TO one Of these dlsslpatlng club
houses. People coming up from hum
bier classes feel Il an honor 10 belong
TO the same club. forgetting the fact
that many Of the sons and grandsons
OF the large commercial establishments
Of the last generation are now. as to
mind, imbeclle. an 10 body. diseased; as
10 morals. rotten. They would have got
through their property long ago II they
had full possession Of Il; but the Willy
ancestors, who earned the money by
hard knocks. foresaw how Il was to be,
and they tied up everything In the will
Now. there Is nothing Of that unworthy
descendant but bis grandiathers name
and roast beef rotundity And yet how
many steamers there are which feel
honored TO lash fast that worm-eaten
tug. though II drags them straight into
the breakers.
Oh. my heart aches, see men strug.
Cling against evil habits. and they want
help. / have knelt beside them. and
have heard them cry for help. and
then We have risen. and he has put one
hand on my right shoulder. and the
other hand on my left shoulder. and
looked into my face with an lnhnity OF
earnestness which the judgment day
will have no power 20 make me forget
AZ he cried out with his lips scorched In
ruin. God help mel For such there Il
no help except IN the Lord God Al
mighty. am going TO make a very
stout rope. You know that sometimes
a rope maker will take very small
threads and wind them together until
after while they become ship cable.
And ! am going 10 take some very
small. delicate threads. and wind them
together until they make a very stout
rope. will take an the memories OF
the marriage day. a thread Of laughter.
a thread Of light. a thread Of music, a
thread Of banquetlnE. a thread Of con-
graduation. and / twist them together.
and ! have one strand Then I take a
thread OF the hour OF the hrst advent In
your house. a thread Of the darkness
that preceded. and a thread Of the ligh,
that followed. and a thread Of the beau
tiiui scarf that little child used 70 wear
when she bounded out at eyeniide "a
gree, you. and then a thread o. the
beautiful dress IN which you laid hei
away for the resurrection. And then
twist all these threads together. and
have another strand Then | take q
thread Of the scarlet robe Of a suffer
ing Christ. and a thread Of the white
raiment Of your loved ones before The
throne. and a string OF the harp ehsru
bic. and q strlng Of the harp seraphie
and twist them all together. aud
have a third strand. "oh" you say
either strand h strong enough 10 hol,
fast a world" No. will take thes'
strands. aud will twist them together
and one end Of that rope viii iaslen
not 20 the communion table. Tor Il shall
be removed not TO the pillar OF IN
organ. Cor that will crumhle In n
ages. but I wind Il round and 'roun
the cross OF a sympa,hizing Christ, an
having fastened one end Of the rope q
the cross. I throw the other end 70 yoy
lay hold Of a. Pull Tor your liie' Pul
FOR heaven!