Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-04-13

il the hope of the American ma
ton aud its cherished institutions.
Sam Jones' first presiding elder
used to say that a man who will
swear vii. steal. | want to tell
YOU that u man who will habitu-
ally and persistently break one
Of Gods commandments will
break any Of them if you put
them on the same footing.
Honesty was the third qualif.
cation mentioned as requisite for
manhood aud in this connection
gambling was taken up. The lit
tie boys gamble for marbles; wives
and daughters gamble for prizes,
the young men aud the sports gam
bic ON chicken fights, dog igI t,aI d
poker, and the big bugs gamble on
cotton futures, and the whole bust
ness is going to hell gambling. A
/ gambler i thief at heart, be-
cause be wants to get something
for nothing, and getting some-
thing for nothing is stealing from
the man you get It from.
Unclean living was the last pre-
dictate of earnest exhortation aud
many touching Incidents and ap.
palling tragedies resultpk from
mans wickedness aud Nman'
weakness were recited. Some OF
the conclusions drawn were ex-
ceedingly forcible. One was: Ev-
cry girl is somebody's daughter,
and | would not do that toward an
other mans daughter that ! would
not have him do to mine. The
other was II every boy had a lost
sister there never would Doe anoth-
or girl ruined in the world.
At the close of the service the
preacher asked every man IN the
audience who felt in his heart an
| impulse TO lead a better life to
stand up, aud six hundred men
arose to their feet. Only a few re-
manned seated, while a feryent
benedictiou was pronounced.
FRIDAY MORNING.
The morning service was held
at the opera house, which was
filled 10 overlooking. The text
was from Psalms xii S:
The wicked walk on every
side when the vilest men are
exalted. " His plea was for d puie
ministry, irreproachable church
officers, Christian mothers and
fathers and homes wherein dane
ing, cards and no form Of worldli.
ness is tolerated. He argued that
when the ungodly are exalted ey-
erything beneath them 10 detiled
and there is no chance to lead sin
ners 10 God, At the close Of the
service Mr.. Stuart asked all the
church officers and Sunday school
teachers who were willing TO con.
form their lives as nearly as pos
sible 20 the lines laid down by
their churches to come forward.
The response was SO general that
seemingly every person In the
building coming within the limits
OF the proposition came forward.
Another proposition for prayer
caught several hundred backslid-
ers and sinners.
The afternoon prayer meeting
for men at the opera house brought
out large attendance and and
was a particularly interesting ser
vice, Rev. +. l.. Shettles, by spec
ial request, relating for the first
time before any audience the ex-
periences,of his varied and sinful
life, during which he ran the whole
gamut of worldliness, and was AT.
forwards converted and called "a
the ministry. Following the dis
course penitents were called and
many went forward for prayer
and then as a fitting climax 10 the
service ten or fifteen persons, all
I of them grown men but one and
seryeral advanced in years, wer,
converted.
Two thousand people attended
/ the night service aud after d
strong sermon five hundred peni
tents offered themselves for prayer
The aisles were packed with doubl,
lines of people gong forward and
returning. This mighty demon
stration was followed by an exp',
rience meeting Of church member.
aud Of persons outside the church
who felt that they had been bene
fitted by the meeting.