The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-20

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accumulation. II IL not turned up like
Cotepaxi. but Is an outbuiting and an
outbranchlng OF ages. In Polynesia
there are reefs hundreds OF feet deep
and one thousand miles long. Who
built these reefs. these islands? The
zoophytes the oorallines. They were
not such workers who built the pyra-
mlds as we're these masons, these erea-
lures OF the sea. What small crea-
tions amounting to what vast aggre-
gation7 Who can estimate the ages
between the time when the madreporea
laid the foundations OF the Islands
and the time when the madrepores
put on the capstone OF a completed
work? II puzzles all the scientists 10
guess through how many years the
coralllnes we're building the Sandwich
and Society Islands and the Marshall
and Gilbert groups. But more slowly
and wonderfully accumulative is
grace IN the heart You sometimes
get discouraged because the upbuild-
ing by the soul does not 80 on more
rapidly. Why. you have all eternity
TO build I'M The little annoyances OF
life are Eoophyte builders and there
will be small layer on top OF small lay
er. and fossilized grief on the top OF
fosslllzed grief Grace does not 20 up
rapidly In your soul. but, blessed be
God. Il goes up. Ten thousand million
ages will no, finish you You VIII
never be finished. On forever! Up
forever Out OF the sea Of earthly dis
quietude will gradually rise the reefs.
the Islands. the continents. the hem
iapheres Of grandeur and glory. Men
talk AZ though In this life We only had
time 10 build: but what We build In
this life. as compared with what We
shall build In the next life. Il as a
striped she'll 70 Australia. You 90 into
an architects study and there you see
the sketch OF a temple. the corner
stone OF which has not yet been laid
o, that ! could have an architectural
sketch OF what you will be after eter'
nifty has wrought upon youl What
pillars Of strength What affairs OF Hu'
pernal worship What pinnaelei
thrusting their gllttering spikes into
the sun that never sotsl You do moi
scold the oorallines because they can
not build an island IN a day. WIZ
should you seold yourself because yot
cannot complete a temple OF holIneal
for the heart In this short llfetlme'
You tell me We do not amount e
much now. but try as after a thou
sand million ages OF hallelulah. lie
Us hear the angels chant for a mil
Hon centuries. Give as an eternity
with God. and then see n we do no
amount TO something. More slowll
and marvelously aecumulatiye IL thu
grace In the soul than anything ! car
tmk OF. mo mention shall be mad
OF coral"
Again. ] take your hand. and w
walk on through this garden OF tn
sea and look more particularly thar
We did at the beauty Of the coral. Th'
poets have all been fascinated with Il
One Of them wrote:
There. with a broad and easy motion
The fan coral sweeps through thl
clear deep sen.
And the yellow and scarlet tufts OF IA,
ocean
Are bent like corn on the uplan
lea"
One specimen OF coral q called IN
dendrophllia. because Il is like tree
another II called the astrara. becaus
Il Is like a star; another IL called IN
brain coral. because Il IL like the con
yolutions OF the human brain: anothe
Ia called the fan coral. because II !
like the instrument With which 20
cool yourself on a hot day. anothe
specimen IL called the organ pipe cora
because Il resembles the king OF mu
steal instrument. All the flowers an
all the shrubs In the gardens OF th
land have their oorrespondencles
this garden OF the sea. Corailum.
is a synonym for beauty. And y
there IL no beauty In the coral con
pared with our religion. Il give
physiognomlc beauty Il does nc
change the features; u does not civ
features with which the person wa
not originally endowed. but Il SCI
behind the features OF the homellcl
person a heaven that shines cles
! through. So that often. on first a
, Qualniance. you said Of a man: III
IL the homollest person ever saw
when, after you come 20 undersiau
, him and his nobility OF soul shlnlu
, through his countonance. you sal,
He h the loyellest person ever saw
No one ever had a homoly Chrlstia
mother. Whatever the world ma
, have thought OF her. there were "
who thought well-your father. vi
had admired her Tor atty years. az
you. over whom she bent with SO mar
tender mlnlstrntlons. When you thlr
OF the angels OF God. aud your moth
among them. she outshines them a
Oh. that our young people could u
derstand that 80 much beauties Il
I human countenancc as the religion
I Jesus Christi II makes eyerythli
! beautiful. Trouble beautiful. Sic
/ ness beautiful. disappointment bea
! tlful. Everything beautiful
, Near my early home there was
; place called the Two Bridges" The
. bridges leaped the two streams We
D my friends. the religion OF Jes
Christ d two bridges. Il bridges {
{ the past. II arches and overspahs
: the future. Il makes the dying y
low the landing place Of angels IRE
? from glory. Il turns the sepulch
4 into May-time orchard. Il catch
up the dying into full orchestra. Go
b aIluml And yet that does not expire