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

plungen deeper than dlying-belI eyes
sank. darts quicker than lightning
ever flashed. Though We have used
only the back Of this weapon instead
Of the edge. what naryels have been
wrought, n saved we are al the cap
lives Of some earnest prayer Would
God that. IN desire Tor the rescue Of
souls. We might IN prayer lay hold Of
The reaources Of the lord Omuipotenii
We may turn many 20 righteousness
BY Christian admOnltion. DO not wait
until You can make a formal speech
Address the one next 20 you. You will
ret 90 home alone to-day. Between
this and your place Of stopping you
may decide the eternal destiny Of an
immortal spirit Just one sentence
may do the work Just one question.
Just one look. The formal talk tina,
begins with a sigh. and ends with a
,anting snniiie. Is not what Is wanted.
but the heart throb Of nan In dead
earnest. There IL not a soul on earth
That you may not bring 10 God II yOu
rightly 20 al a. They said Gibraltar
could not be taken. II Is a rock. six
teen hundred feet high. and three
miles long. But the English and Dutch
did take u. Artillery. and appers and
miners. and feeis pouring out y0,leys
OF death and thousands Of men reck-
Tess Of danger. can do anything. The
stoutesi heart Of sin. though II ke rock.
ana surrounded by an ocean Of trans
erosion. under Christian lombard
meni may hoist the Tag Of redemption.
Again. Christian workers shall be
Ike the starr In the fact that they have
light Independent Of each other. Look
up at the night. and see each .iorld
show lts distinct glory. II Il not Ike
the confagrailon In which you cannot
tell where one fame stops and another
begins. Neptune. Herschol. and Mer-
curry are AZ distinct as II each one OF
them we're the only star: 80 our In
dlyiduallsm will not be lost In heaven.
a great multitude yet each one az OBJ
servable. a. distinctly recognized. NJ
greatly celebrated. a. n In all the
space. from gate 10 gate. and from bill
90 hill. he were the only inhabItant: no
mixing up-no mob-no indlscrlminate
rush; each Christian worker standing
out lllustrloug all the story Of earthly
achievement adhering TO each one. his
self-denlals and pains and services and
victories published. Before men went
out to the last war. the orators told
them that they would all be remember.
ed BY their country. and their names
be COMMUNICATED In poetry and In
song. but go 10 the graveyard In Rich.
mond. and you will find there six thou.
sand graves. over each OF which l. the
I inscription. Unknown" The world
does not remember its heroes: but
there will be- no unrecognlzed Christian
worker In heaven. Each one known BIZ
all: grandly known known by accla.
matlon' all the past story Of work foi
l God cleaning 10 cheek aud brow and
foot and palm They shall shine with
distinct light as the stars. forever and
ever.
Again Christian workers shat
shine like the stars IN clusters. In
looking up. you End the worlds In fami
/ ~ circles. Brothers aud sisters the,
take hold Of each others hands ana
dance ln groups Orion IN a group
Tho Plelades IN a group The solal
system Is only a company Of children
with bright faces. gathered around on,
great fireplace The worlds do mo-
struggle OF They go In squadrons ans
fleets. sailing through immensely. s,
Christian workers 10 heaven will dwell
In nelghborhoods and clusters
an sure some people I Will liz,
in heaven a great deal better than 9th
ers Yonder Is constellation O.
stately Christians. They lived o,
earth by rlgld rule They never laugh
ed. They walked every hour anxious
lest they should lose their dignity
They loved God. and yond,r they shin,
in brilliant constellation. Yet shoul,
not long TO get into that particular
group Wonder is constellation o
small-hearted Christians asteroids ID
the eternal astronomy. While som,
souls 90 up from Christian battle
and blaze like Mars these asteroids dar
a feeble ray like Vosta. Yonder Is
constellation OF martyrs. Of apostles. %
patriarchs. Our souls. as they go up {,
heaven. will seek out the most con
genial society.
Wonder Is a constellation almost mor
~ with the play Of light. On car,l
they were full Of sympathles and song
and tears and rapturcs aud congratula
lions. When they prayed their word
took IRE; when they sang. the tun,
could not hold them: when they wen
over a worlds woes. they sobbed as {
heart-broken; when they worked 70
Christ, they famed With enthusiasm
fonder they aro--clrcle Of light, con
siellatlon Of 10Y! galaxy Of fire. on
that you and !, by that grace which car
transform the worst into the best
might at last sail 10 the wake Of tia
feet, and wheel 10 that glorious GROUP
as the stars for ever and ever.
Again. Christian workers will shin
like the stars In swlftness Of m .ot
The worlds DO not stop to shine. Their
are no hxCd stars save as 10 relatly
position. The star apparently mos
fixed files thousands Of miles a mlnut,
The astronomer, USING his telescope 70
an alpenstock, leaps from world-cra
TO world-crag. and finds no star stand
Ing stu The channels hunter has {
ny to catch his prey, but not so swli
Ia his game as that which the scientls
tries to shoot through the tower OF Oh
seryatory. Liks pctrels mid-Atlanti,
that seem 10 come from no shore. an
be bound to no landing place -nyinl
hylng-so these great iocks OF world
rest not as they go wing and wing
axe after age-for ever and ever Tn