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

gull .Aen death STRIKES you. You viii
only take on more velocity. There is
a dying child In London and ita aplfi.
must be taken up 10 God you are Their,
IN an Instant 10 do u. There i
young nan In New York 10 be arrested
from going into that gate II sin; you
are there In an instant 10 arrest him
Whether with spring Of foot. or stroke
Of wing. or by tho force Of some new
law that shall hurl you 10 The SPOT
where yea would 20. know not. bu
M text suggests velocity. All space
open before you with nothing 20 hinder
You In mission Of light aud ioyc and
Joy, you shall shine IN sWifiness u mo-
ton AZ the stars FOR ever and ever
Again: Christian workers. Ike Tho
stars. shine In magnitude. The most
Iiliierate man shows that there things
In the sky. looking Ike Gilt buttons.
are great MASSES 81 matter. TO weigh
them. one would think that Il would re-
quire scales with pillar hundreds Of
Thousands Of miles high. and chains
hundreds ~ ihOufands u miles long.
and az the bottom the chains basins on
either side hundreds Of thousands Of
miles vide. and that then omnlp0tence
alone could put the mountains into the
scales and the hills into the balance.
But puny man has been equal 20 the
undertaking. and has set a little bal
ance on hla geometry. and weighed
world against world. Yea. he has Pull.
cd out hls measuring line and an
nounced that Hcfschel b. $4,000 miles
IN diameter. Saturn 1000 miles 90
diameter. and Jupiter 5000 miles 10
diameter and that the smallest pearl
on the beach o. heaven Is immense be-
yond all imagination. so all they who
have toiled for Christ on earth shall
rise no 10 a magnitude OF privilege. and
a magnitude oi strength. and a magnl-
tute Of holiness. and magnitude Of
Joy; and the weakest saint In glory be-
come greater than an that we can I'm
agine o. an archangel
Brethren. Il doth not yet appear
what we shall be-" Wisdom thar shall
know everything. wealth that shall
possess everything. strength that shall
do everything, glory that shall clrcum-
scribe eyrythlng' We shall not be- like
a taper set In a SICK mans window. or
a bundle OF sticks kndled on the beach
20 warm a shiyering crew: but you
must take the diameter and the cir
eumference Of the world u you would
get any idea OF the greatness Of our
estate when we shall shine as the stars
for ever and ever.
Lastly and coming 10 this point my
mind almost breaks down under the
contempiation-llke the stars. all
Christian workers shall shine In dura.
ton. The same stars that look down
upon us looked down upon the Chris
tian shepherds The meteor that saw
flashing across the sky the other night
wonder II Il was not the same one
that pointed down 10 where Jesus lay
IN the mangsF. and II. having pointed
out his birthplace Il has ever sinca
been wandering through the heavens
watching 10 zee how the world would
treat him, When Adam awoke In the
garden IN the cool Of the day. he saw
coming cut through the dusk Of the
evening the same worlds that greeted
us last night
In lndopeudonce hall an old cracked
hcll that sounded the Flgnaturc OF N,
Declaration Of Independence. Y0u can.
not ring f. now: but this Frca, chin,
OF silver bells that strike IN the dom,
Of night. ring out In as sweet a tone a.
when God swung them az the Creation
Look up 40 night and know that N,
white lilies that bloom IN all the hang
INK gardens Of our King are century
plants-not blooming once 10 ahundre,
years. but through all the centuries
The star az which the mariner look
tonight was the light by which N,
ships Of Tarshish were guided across
the Mediterranean. and the Venetian
notilla found lts way into Lcpanto
Their armor Is as bs;shi tonight AZ
when, In ancient battle. the stars II
their courses fought against slsura.
To the ancients the stars were syn
bols OF eternity. But here the figure O.
my text breaks down not Ia defeat .bu
In maiesiiCs Of the Judgment. Tn,
stars shall not shine for ever. tn,
Bible says they shall fall Ike autumna
leaves. As. when the connecting fac
tory band slips at nlghtfall from N,
main wheel all the smaller wheel
slackon their speed. and with slowe
and slower motion they turn until the,
come to a full stop. so this great ma
chinery Of the universe. wheel within
wheel. making revolution OF appallln
speed. shall by the touch OF God
hand,slip the band Of present law. an
slackcn and stop. That is what vii
be the matter with the mountains. IN
chariot In which they ride shall hal
80 suddenly that the kings shall
thrown out. Star after star will b
carried out 20 burial amid funera
torches Of burning worlds, Constella
lions shall throw ashes on their head
and an up and down the highways q
space there shall be mourning mourn
ing. mourning. because the worlds ar
dead But the Christian workers sha
never exit their thrones-they sha
reign forever and ever.
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