The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-01


ever saw. oozed, or trickled. or poured I
from the brow. and the side. and the
hands. and the feet OF the Illustrious
Sufferer. back OF jerusalem. In a few
hours coagalated and dried up. and
forever disappeared: and II man had
depended on the application Of the
literal blood Of Christ. there would no,
have been a soul saved for the last
eighteen centuries.
In order 10 understand this red word
Of my text. We only hive 20 exercise
a. much common sense In religion as
We do In everything else. Pang for
pang. hunger for hunger. fatigue for
fatigue. tear for tear. blood for blood.
life for life. We see every day illustrai-
ed. The act Of substitution is no nov
city. although hear men talk as
though the idea Of Christ's suffering
substituted 70, our suffering were
something abnormal. something dis
tressingly odd. something wildly &C.
centric. a solitary episode In the
worlds history: when I could take you
out into this city ard before fundown
point you to Eve hundred cases Of sub
stltution and voluntary suffering Of one
IN behalf Of another
At 2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon go
among the places Of business or toll.
It will be no difficult thing for you 10
find men who. by their looks. show you
that they are oyerworked. They are
prematurely old. They are Fastening
rapidly toward their decease. They
have gone through crises In business
that shattered their nervous system
and pulled on the brain. They have a
shortness Of breath. and pain in the
back OF the head. and at night an in
somnla that alarms them. Why are
they drudging at business early and
la,el For fun No. II would be dlf-
hcult TO extract any amusement out OF
that exhaustion. Because they are
avaricious? In many cases no. Be
cause their own personal expenses are
lavish? No: a few hundred dollars
would meet all their wants. The sim
PIE fact is. the man is enduring all that
fatigue and evaporation. and wear and
tear. 10 keep his home prosperous
There Is an invisible line reaching
from that store. from that bank. from
that shop. from that seaffolding. 10 q
qluet scene a few blocks. a few miles
away. and there Is the secret Of that
business endurance. He is simply the
champion Of a homestead. for which
be wins bread. and wardrobe, and edu'
cation. aud prosperity. and In such bat
lie ten thousand men fall. OF ten bust
ness men whom / bury. nine die o.
overwork for others. Some suddeI
disease finds them with no power o
resistance. and they are gone Life 10
life. Blood for blood. Substitution!
At o'clock tomorrow morning. IN
hour when slumber is most unlnier
rupted and profound. walk amid IN
dwelling houses OF the city. Here AM
there you will End a dim llgat becaus
II IL the household custom to keep
suhdued light burning. but most OF n
houses from base TO top are as dark a
though unlnhabited A merclful Co
has sent forth the archangel OF sleeT
and he puts his wings over the city
But yOnder Is 4 clear light burning
and outside on a window easement
glass or pitcher containing food for
sick child: the food Is set In the fires
air. This Is the sixth night tina
mother has sat up with that sufferer
She has to the last point obeyed N
physicians prescription. not giving
drop too much or too little. or a me
ment too soon or too late. She is yer
anxious. for she has buried three chi
dren with the same disease. and sh
prays and weeps. each prayer and 50
ending with kiss OF the pale chez
BY dint Of kindness she gets the llttl
one through the ordeal. After II is a
over, the mother Il taken down. Bral
and nervous fever sets In. and one ia
she leaves the conyalescent child wit
mothers blessing. and goes up
Join the three departed ones In n
kingdom OF heaven. Life for life. Sui
stitutionl The fact Is that there Al
an uncounted number OF mothers VII
after they have navigated a large fan
ily Of children through all the dlseas,
OF infancy. and got them fairly startS
up the Towering slope Of boyhood az
girlhood. have only strength enoul
left 70 die. They fade away. Son
call Il consumption, some call Il ner
Gus prosiration; some call il lnterml
tent or malarial !ndispositlon, but
call Il martyrdom Of the domestic Ct
Gle Life for life. Blood for bloc
Substitution!
or perhaps a mother fingers LOT
enough 10 see a son get on the wro'
road. and his former Kindness becom
rough reply when she expresses ana
ETY. about him But she goes RICH, O
looking carefully after his apparel. r
memberlng his every birthday wi
some memonto. and when he Is broug
home worn out with dissipation. nurs
him till he gets well and starts hi
again. and hopes. and expects. al
r prays, and oounsels. and suffers, un
y her strength gives out and she tai
+ She is going. and attendants bendll
a over her pillow ask her n she has al
g message 10 leave and she makes grc
h effort 90 say something but out
,. three ur four minutes Of indlsunct 0
q trranco ihey cam catch hut thr
" worls "'iy roor hoy TIE ISL
e hu ste dIsd i.t h.u Life iur D
10 sulUuou
p About la.r.f-a.Lhi years ago ih'
r vent forth ifeu olr northern O.
southern tcu. l-u-sels or Aoaar