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

l olher tlef ana AAt Nuullht u AhN
world. without the turn Of steamers
wheel. or the spread OF a ships sail.
may 20 all around the world,
and thus be fulfilled the prophecy
There shall be no more sea"
But the durability Of the coral's
work is not az all 70 be compared with
the durability OF our work for God
The coral Is going 90 crumble In the
fires OF the last day. but our work for
God will endure forever No more dis
couraged man ever lived than Beethoy-
en-. the great musical composer IN
mercifully criticized by brother artists
and his music sometimes rejected.
Deaf for twenty-five years and forced
on his way to Vienna. TO beg food and
lodging at a plain house by the road
side. In the evening the family opened
musical instrument and played and
sang with great enthusiasm. and one
OF the numbers they rendered was 30
emotional that tears ran down their
cheeks while they sang and played.
Beethoven. sitting In the room. too
deaf TO hear the singing. was curious
TO know what was the music that 80
oyerpowered them. and when they got
through he reached up and took the
folio In his hand and found u was HE
own music-Beethovens symphony In
A-and he cried out. Il wrote that"
The household sat and stood abashed
10 ind that their poor-looking guest
was the great composer. But he never
left that house alive. A fever seized
him that night. and no relief could be
Afforded. and In a few days he iisl
But just before expiring he took the
hand OF his nephew. who had been sent
Tor and arrived. saying. After all.
Hummel. / must have had some tai
emit" Poor Beethoven His work
still lives. and In the twentieth CEN
fury viii be better appreciated than q
was In the nineteenth: and as long as
there u on earth an orchestra 10 play
or an oratorio TO sing. Beethoycn's
nine symphonies will be the enehant-
ment OF nations Bet you are not a
composer and you say there Is nothing
remarkable about you-ouly a mother
trying TO rear your family FOR useful
ness and HEAVIER. Yet the song with
which you sing your child 10 sleep
will never cease its mission You will
grow old and die. That son will pass
out into the world. The song with
which you sang him 10 sleep last night
will 80 with him while he lives. a con-
sclous or unconscious restraint and n'
splratlon here. and may help open q
him the gate Of glorious and trium
plant hereafter The lullabies OF ;hil
century will sing through all the cen
turtles. The humblest good accom-
pllshed IN time will last through eter
nifty. sometimes get discouraged. n
! suppose you do. at the yastness o.
the work and at how little We are DO
ing. And yet. DO you suppose thu
rhiEopod said. There Is no need OF ml
working! I can not build the Cordil
leras." DO you suppose the madrepori
said: There Il no need OF my work
ing; I can not build the Sandwich L.
lands." Each one attended 70 bis owl
business: and there are the Sandwich
Islands. and there are the Cordilleras
Al. my friends. the redemption OF thi
world IL a great enterprise. ala no
see Il start. will no, IN this worll
: see Sc close. am only an insect a
compared with the great work to b
done. but yet I must do my part
Help build this eternal corallum I will
81 Ny parents tollcd on this reef long be
? fore was born. pray God that m,
: children may toll on this reef loaI
a after am dead. Insects all Of us. bu
2 honored by God TO help heave up N
|. reef OF light across which shall breal
p the oceans immortal gladness. Bette
4 be Insignificant and useful than grea
e and idle. The mas,odons and mega
d theriums Of the earth. what ala the
I DO but stalk their great carcasse
1 across the land and leave their skels
y tons through the strata. while the cor
: alllnes went on heavlng up the island
Z an covered with fruitage aud yerdur,
e Better be a coralline than a masto
= don. SO now ! am trying 20 make On
: little coralline. The polyp picks ou
u Of the wave that smites 3, carbonat
y o. lime. and with that builds up Z,
p own insectlle masonry So out OF IN
e wave OF your tears I take the salt: on
Of the brulse | take the blue. and on
q OF your bleeding heart I take the red
3 and out Of them altogether ! take lhI
!. coral. which I pray may not be ~.
owned in the day when God makes u
p his jewels.
y Little things decide great thing
% An that tremendous career % the la'
20 Napoleon hanging on the hand OF
~ brakeman who. on one OF our America
y railways. caught him as be was ial
N lne between the cars % a flying trail
'I The battle OF Dunbar was dccId,
.L against the Scotch because the
matches had given out Aggregation
,. Of little things that pgl down or bull
'l up. when an army or regimen
* come to a bridge they are always con
= manded to break ranks. Tor their sin
" Infamous tread will destroy u
strongest bridge. A bridge at Angler
France. and a bridge az nroughio
g England. went down because the reg
H. ment kept step while crossing. A
ls grogations OF temptation, aggregation
.ll % sorrow. aggregatlons % assault
III argregatlons OF Christian EFFORT. agrr
u cations Of solt-sacrlhces! These mai
N the irresistible power 90 demollsh
re- to upllft. to destroy or 20 save. Lit
"a causes and great results Christlai
e. It's was introduced into Japan by a
ss falling overheard OF a pocket Bio