The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-11-02

only being the sublimity of eloquence
itself, but brought also a benediction
OF rest and peace into the hearts and
souls of all who heard 1t.
His theme was The Real Home"
and was based on the first verse OF the
Ninetieth Psalm: Lord thou has been
our dwelling placesin all generations" :"
This psalm Is a song OF Moses, said
the bishop, coming from the heart of
lonely and solitary man, who had
never known the joys of home, yet in
the twilight of his life there burst
from his heart this grand anthem,
giving to the world the full meaning
of the real home.
The picture of the life of Moses, as
given by the speaker. was grand, and
at the age OF eighty we find him an
old and homeless man, watching the
flocks on the slopes of the indian
hills While here the call came to
him to lead the children of Israel out
OF Egypt, and the remaining forty
years of his ilife were spent in the
wilderness, homeless wanderer, mis-.
judged and misunderstood by his own
people. And so we find him in the
twilight of life, after long years OF
lonliness and homelessness, after all
he ever loved had left him, his soul
broke forth in this great song, Lord
thou hast been our dwelling place in
all generations"
Here the bishop gave a beautiful
description Of what is meant by the
word home, and declared the home in
stinct to be the strongest passion in
every human heart. The word home
brought back precious memories to
every heart, and though they may
have been humble, though fraught
with hard ships and poverty, how we
would love, if it were possible, to
break through the long intervening
years and lie down in them to rest
once more.
The home is a place OF security
President Taft and the king of Eng
land have great power. By a word
they can people the seas with battle
ships they can put into action hun
dreds Of thousands of soldiers, yet
neither of them can go TO the door OF
the humblest home in England or
America without first knocking and Sc
curing the consent OF the sovereign
owner within. This security is pillar
OF cloud by day and a pillar of fire by
night, standing guard over every
home Yet with all this they can not
be made perfectly secure. Our chill
dren early leave us, and soon we are
scattered and sifted through all the
earth. Death makes its inroads and |
the home is left bleak and desolate |
The ideal home is an iridescent |
dream; it can not be made on this !
earth.
Then what is the explanation of |
these conflicting passions-the strong |
instinct for perfect home, and its
1t means just what II
meant to Moses when he cried out in
his loneliness-we must abide in the |
Lord. If We would sustain ourselves
in lifes disappointments, II We would
avoid a bitter old age, we must find a
home in God.
The bishop then briefly addressed
himself to two classes. First, TO the
young, adjuring them to find God. If
hey would fortify themselves against
he life shocks that can not be avoid
I'd, then steady themselves with that
support that will never give way.
To the old his admonitlon was to
comfort themselves in God. II any
we're unsaved, II they we're weary,
homeless wanderers on the face of the
,arth, strangers to the Savior's love
md mercy, then reach up their poor,
rembllng, withered hands and lay
iold on the everlasting arm of God.
At the conclusion OF the service
many went forward and met the dis.
inguished divine.
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