Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-05-29
Exercises Began Sunday With The BAG
eslssfeste Sermon BY Rev. ChsI.
mers MePhersoa.

lOSichit lOrCeIuI hnu eloquent
speaker, and on this occasion held
the undivided attention Of the su-
dience, which crowded the church,
for nearly an hour. Following is
the program Of the service:
Organ voluntary-Fugue In q mi
nor. ....................B Bach
Mr.. Frederic Lillebridge.
Doxology ............ $500. Choir
Anthem-Jesus, the Very Thought
OF Thee. ......... Rheinberger
Choir.
Invocation ...... Rev. A. NJ. Stewart
Hymn 6i3 ...... ............... Choir
Scripture reading-Psslm will and
Romans ! to xi. Rev. J. l.. Crane
Prayer. ...... Rev. J. J. Tatum
Hymn 6O6 ......... Choir
Vocal solo-The Lord Is My Light
Mrs. J. Webb Howell.
Oifertory ...... ...... Mr.. Lillebridge
Sermon-From Dust to Glory
Rev. Chalmers Mcpherson.
Hymn 69S. ................... Choir
Benediction.. ...... Rev. Mcpherson
Postlude-March Religieuse. 900.
Mr.. Lillebridge.
Rev. Mcpherson read two pas
sages of scripture upon which his
discourse was predicsted, as fol-
lows:
Genesis ii, Z: And the Lord
formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nos
trils the breath Of life; and man
became living soul.
Revelations iii, 81: To him that
overcometh will l grant to sit
with me in my throne, even as /
also overcame, and am set down
with my Father on his throne.
The sermon began with a review
of the biblical history of the crea.
ton, Of which man was the eli
max, he being made in the image
God and given dominion over
everything but sin and death, and
over these also through the power
Of the Lord Jesus Christ. The
ocean may not pass its bounds; the
orbits Of the stars are fixed; all
which God has made is circum.
scribed save only man. Man is
not "sroveling worm of the dust"
or a mass Of putrefying sores"
except as he has been made so by
sin. For six thousand years man
has been creeping inch by inch to
his throne-to the place where God
would have him be-and gaining
a richer and deeper selfconfdence
and appreciation. The earth and
the fullness thereof yields obedi.
ence and substance to him, and he
has made gardens Of waste places.
There is no limit to what men and
women, boys and girls may ac-
complish. Who dares to go to the
cradle and draw the boundary line
about it? at doth not yet APP
pear what we shall be2" But
there is a power in the history Of
h umsn life that has always
tried to obstruct its progress. Sin
touches at the door of every man
ready to spring upon him I'M
awares and destroy him utterly.
Yet God leaves no man alone look.
ing down into the dust. 1t is our
duty to look upward and bear our
selves with courage and hopeful.
ness. II you do your duty you
can look angels and God in the
face. In obedience to God, Moses
cast his rod upon the ground and
it became a serpent and he fled
before it. Again in obedience to
God he picked it up and it became
an emblem Of power for the deliv-
erance of the children Of Israel. If
you cast down the talent which
God has given you, whatever it
may be, it will be your worst
enemy. There lie a strength be-
yond yourself that you must
gather If you would rise "from
dust to glory" To triumph over
"this body o! death" link self 10
the Son Of God.
The regular chapel exercises Of