Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-10-30
NO. xxx.



"1gpu Forum" 7etyacjno
OF at tho right just after entering upon the
marshes is tho site of Appii forum and the three
tNvcrns where the brethren from Rome came to
meet Paul whom they had heard to be on his way
to Rome. What wcaryl time tho great Apostle
must have had in his long journey to Rome, a
prisoner, bound on voluntary appeal to a heather
Roman Emperor, to whom he preferred to submit
his rights as n minister of the now Religion rath.
cr than to tho Jews, his countrymon who sought
to kill him. lie well knew that there werc pros
clytcs ofthe faith at Rome, for he had writ.
ten to them from Greece his mastery Epistle TO
the Romans.
In corrupt but elegant and gifted Corinth, it
| was as an orator and man of letters that he
pc .chcd thoIpurc doctrine of spiritual religion
| in curious Athens it was as n freeman and a phi.
| losopher as we'll a christian that no disputed |
with tho philosophers, and harangued the ntellec-
| tual popuacc, but at Rome he was one of gang |
| of prisoners in custody of a centurion and his |
guard Of soldiers, and he might we'll havo sup.
| poscl that the Roman converts ould publicly a.
vcid him, at least refrain from associatng with
| him while he was thus culprit and prisoner -
When they came to meet him welcome him to the
city the Caesars in his bonds and Imprisonment,
| how his hear opened to them and to God and how
| ,i,;rif ant the simple record Of the event. "whom
| " hen Paul saw, no thanked God and took cour-
| age" Who shall say that, notw outstanding his
never failing boldness ADD proper Christian pride
before men, ana his humility before God, he
may not sometimes in his wearisome Voyages
If months On months from Cesaroa to Puzzuo-
! e. lius ~ ;sia, A.
ohipullago-nUw wind.bound-now tossed by
the tempest for two weeks till all hope was taken
aSay--and they were on the point Of starvation
and at midnight they sounded and found twenty
lathoms, then fifteen perhaps the next moment
the rocks tho sailors stealing over the sides to
run away in tho boat-then the proposition to
kill Paul and the other prisoners lest they should
cscapc-then tho ship going to pcces-thcn cast
ashore on broken pieces Of the ship among barba.
riais and vcuomous viper, !.--who shall say that
cvon he did not at times iec his spirit sink with
in him, fearing that Divine Providence was frown-
ing on his unnecessary rashness in appealing to
Caesar Not he. In that darkest night of so
many days duration, he alone was Of good cheer,
for there stood by him the angel of Cod and told
him that II was the purpose of cd that he should
, gncourl cement that prevented the sailors from
running away with the boat-he made them all
lake nourishm,ut before tAe final catastrophe,
( and yvcr the hurried and perious meal he gave
; thanks to Col in presence Of them ALL There his
trust in God contagious, and they were all Of
good cheer-and so not man was lost. Paul's
faith never failed hiin-but may we'll suppose
that even after those most remarkable dclverau
ces--attor spending a week with unexpected
brethren at Puzzuci, he might still loo < forward
to his reception in that voluptuous and idolatrous
city perhaps the beginning Of his .cverest tri.
ais. 1t is har lily ina sinative to say that IT wa.
) from DOUBLING and anxious fevcrie Of this sor,
that he hailed II. happy premouition the, wei.
, coming smiles of unk nown brethren thus openly
- coming days. inurney to meet BIN in his bonds
Z My admiration Of Paul has been unbou nded
. from b)yhood. Without irrcverence be it .pokep
Paul was always the light man in tie right place
- and d. not therefore conceal the great interes,
= with which have recognized even the place. Of
the oblitcrated footsteps, and tho uuquestion abb,
= memcn,os of that greatest of Christians and no
. bcst Of men.
it was nearly dusk whom We we're through tn,
|
/ hotel at Teracini, the Anxur Of tho Volscians O
Il old W3 wso weary with our days journey ane
e [ did not though one of our fellow traveller
ild-so on. to look at the ruins, which, if We has
: not becl at Rome, We should doubtless have fuunC
e interesting. There is temple to Jupiter An
= Irus a pl!a;3 of Theolocil on n hill over
= looking the town and the sea and an arcien
~. p0r', or harbor constructed by An.oninus Plus.
r the ring in the stones are still thcre.--and thu
=. cathedral contains interesting scraps of an
cient ar. Tcrrgcina is the last town in the pres
u cnt Romln territory it is the frontier town be
u tween the Roman AMI the Neapolitan Kingdoms
We hal a can supper and poor sleep in thi
? only tavern at Terracina. The hotel is situated Of
3. the shore of the Mcdterrancan---its foundation
i stands in the witer--1nl the pleasant and sooth
e Ing di.EiE; o! the wavelets beneath our windoy
u could MT prevent me from thinking Of the brig
= aa.s that are known to inicS, the woody hill
(smlN m1rntl.n) that .i.e Iapi lily from the op
po'.te side O The street ia front Of the hotel In
ice when rctirel III N that it req ured no i'm
# asiuaton to suppose t. be robbers were lynn
c ay0lt, stretched cut apparently for their night
:, reuos3 ON the ground all about the hotel but a
+ lplssel near tn I'm could sec their sharp blacl
y eyes dartiug as it from their swarthy face
" as though they would pierce ME through. With
n out bc!n; at all alarmed or nervous, We slep
rosTly, and long before early dlvA We were u,
for oar carly start aal after cup Of the vilcs
/ collie, an nothing to cat that VIC could eat W
> again took to the road. The peasants were gu
: however before u', going to their work in tn,
carly dawn There was the buffalo dgover also oil
0 horseback with his flowing cloak and steeple ha
y and long pike, k,cping his herd together as thu
=, lani opened out into bushy plain. There wer
:, the residents of the waysiie stirring abou
Z with tho tame pet p s following thom about like
- doss-aad there in the runnin; stream stood the
/, washer women with their clothes elewed up to
their middle, and washing anl rincing without
! soap fire, 0. other wash board thaa a smooth
ouc;-aal from every house rushed out at u:
swarlns of besglr1 and sent their plaintiye means
to Us with upliftad and mplorins hands, as they
kept VI with the free trot OF the diligence and
Ia followed Us till wo passed out Of their beat, and
G another detachment rushed upon us. 1t being
q quite plain that it was not want that made them
l beg, but habit, rather trade, We of course
dil not feel called upon to give them any thing;
= though sometimes to get rid Of them We threw
, two or three coppers on the ground for them to
scarmOle after while we got out of their reach.
All classes that We saw, if we judged by their
I dress nd appearance, VIC should consider alb ect
Lcggs rs clothed in rac and pieces Of .kins bound
! totheiT limbs and feet with thongs, barefooteL
] women clad, If you can cali i. clad ia tattered
wrapper, patched with every color, and with a
coarse white cl TIA on their heads These are the
a. al q;
those great leaders in the triumphs Of peace as
, we'll Of war, wA sc heroic deeds have made
/ celebrated this small portion Of earth which
lies between Rome and Naples. Here Latinus
c and Eacas. AMI Ascluius rciguoi. Here were