The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-01

sometimes would like 10 do In this
day. II they dared. with some plain
preacher Of righteousness-kill aim.
The only way 10 silence this man was
10 knock the breath ont Of him. So
they rushed stephen out Of the gates
Of the city. and with curse. and whoop.
and below they brought him to the
clin, rs was the custom when they
wanted 20 take away life by stoning.
Having brought him to the edge Of the
elii. they pushed him Oh. After he
had fallen they came and looked down.
and seeing that he was not yet dead,
they began 10 drop stones upon him.
stone after stone Amid this horrible
rain OF missiles. Stephen chambers mp
on his knees and folds his hands, while
the blood drips from his temples TO his
cheeks. from his cheeks TO his gar
ments. from his garments TO the
ground; and then, looking up. be
makes two prayers-one for himself
and one for his murderers. Lord Je-
suS receive my spirit" that was for
himself. Lord. lay not this sin 70
their charge" that was for his assail-
ants. Then. from pain and Ices Of
blood. he swooned away aud feil
asleep.
want 10 show YOU today 1--WE pic
lures. stephca gazing into heaven.
Stephen looking at Christ. stephen
stoned. Stephen in his dying prayer.
Stephen asleep.
First. look AZ stephen gazing into
heaven. Before you take the leap you
want TO know where you are going
TO land. Before you climb a ladder
you want 10 know to what point the
ladder reaches. And Il was right that
Stephen. within a few moments Of
heaven. should be gazing into a. We
would all do well 10 be found IN the
same posture. There Is enough In
heaven 10 keep as gazing. A man Of
large wealth may have statuary In the
hall. and paintings In the sitting room.
and works Of art In all parts Of the
house. but he has the chief pictures IN
the art gallery. and there hour after
hour you walk with catalogue AMI
glass aud eyer-lncreaslng admiration.
Well. Esaven Is the gallery where God
has gathered the chief treasures Of his
realm. The whole universe Is his pal.
ace. iE this lower room where we
stop there are many adorumcnts. tes.
sellated Goof o! amethyst. aud on the
winding sloud-s,airs are stretched out
canvase5 on which commlngle azure.
and purple. and saffron. and gold But
heaven Is the gallery In which the chief
glories sre gathered There are the
brightes. robes There are the rich
est.crowns. There are the highest ex-
hlarationS, John rays q u: "The
kings Of the earth shall bring their
honor and glory into H." And see
the procession forming. and In the line
come all empires. and the stars spring
up into an arch for the hosts 10 march
under. The hosts keep step 10 the
sound % earthquake and The pitch Of
avalanche from the mountains. and
the flag they bear Is the flame OF q
consuming world. aud an heaven turns
out with harps and trumpeis and myr-
iad-yolced acclamation OF angelic do.
minion 10 welcome them In. and so
the kings Of the earth bring their
honor and glory into Il. Do you won.
der that good people often stand. like
stephen. looking into heaven? We
have many friends there.
There Is not a man In this house
today so isolated In lie but there Is
some one In heaven with whom he
once shook hands. Asa man gets old
cd. the number Of his celestial ac.
quaintances very rapidly multlplies
We have not had one glimpse Of them
since the night we kissed them rood
by. and they went away; but stlll We
stand gazing at heaven. As when
some Of our friends 30 across the sea
we stand on the dock. or on the steam.
tug. and watch them. and after awhile
the hulk Of the vessel disappears. and
then there Is only a patch OF sail on
the sky. and soon tina, Is gone and
they are all out Of sight. end vet We
stand looking In the same direction. 20
when our friends 90 away from Us into
the future world We keep looking down
through the Narrows, and gazing ana
CARING. as though we expected thai
they would come ont and stand on som,
cloud, and give us one glimpse OF Their
bllssful ard tansnEured faces.
While you long 10 Join their com
ranionship. and the years and the d,vs
60 with such tediIm that they br.o
your heart. and tie viper Of pain ANA
sorrow and bereavement keers ruaw
ing al your yitals, you stand stiIl. Ike
Stephen, gazing into heaven. You
wonder II they have changed since YOU
saw them last. You wonder IL tbev
would recognize your face now, no
changed has Il been with trouble Yol
wonder H. amid the myriad dclleht.
they have. they care as much Tor you
a. they used to WHOM tho gave you a
helping hand and pui their shoulder
under your burdens You wonder IL
They look any older and sometime ln
the eyeuingtIde. when the house I4 81.
quiet you wonder II you should ca.
them ly their FIRST name II they woui
not answer. Bud perhaps som,un
you do male the experiment aud whom
no one lut God and yourself a,s there
yon distinctly call their name, and lls.
ten aud rll gazing into heaven.
Pass ca aow aad see stephen looh.
Ing upon Christ Ny text SAYS he saw
the Son q Nan al the right hand Of
God. just how Christ looked In this
world. Just how De looks In heaven
We cannot say a writer In the time
OF Christ says describing the Sa,l5uf,s
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