Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-09
PAUpS TRAVELS.
The Trials Of the Early ExpOundsrs
of the Truth.
No immediate Prospect Of a Settlement
Of the Trouble Between Glass
Operators and Operatives.
The Proposed Increase of the Gas Works
PIant-Heayy Railroad Business-Tslk
OF New Daily Park improvements
-Dfed From Her Injuries -Ae-
dent-6eneral City Chat.

Last evening Rev. DR.. Cunningham
preached the 9Th ofhis series Of sermons on
Paul, taking for his text Acts xvi 9; And
a vision appeared to Paul in the night;
there stood a man of Macedonia, and
prayed him, saying, Come over into
Macedonia and help as"
When this vision appeared to Paul and
this call was given TO him to come over into
Macedonia, he was on his second missionary
Journey. In his first journey Paul may De
said to have been only trying his wings; for
his course, adventurous though it was, only
swept in a limited circle round his native
province. In his second journey ne per-
formed a far more distant and perilous
flight, Indeed, this journey was not only
the greatest he achieved, but perhaps the
most momentous recorded IN the annals OF
the human race. In its issuesit lar outri-
vailed the expedition of Alexander the
Great, when he carried the arms and civil
cation of Greece into the heart of Asia, or
that of CUsar, when he landed on the shores
of Britain, or even the voyage OF Columbus,
when he discovered a new world. Yet,
when he set out on it he had no idea of the
magnitude which it was to assume, or even
the direction which it was to take
After referring to PauIs longing to see
his spiritual children in the cities where he
had formerly preached, the reverned gen.
tleman said: In pursuance of the pur-
pose with which he had set out, Paul com
meueed this journey by reyisiting the
churches in whose founding he had taken
part; and, pushing onward in the direction
in which his divine guide permitted him to
90, he found himself at Troas, a town in
the northwest coast of Asia Minor. Then
he had travelled from Antioch, in the
southeast, to Troas in the northwest of Asia
Minor, eyangehzing all the way. 1t must
have taken months; perhaps even years.
Yet, of this long, aborious period, we
possess no details whatever, except such
features Of his intercourse with the Gala.
tians as may be gathered from the Eplstle
to that church. The truth is,that, thrilling
as are the notices OF Pauls career given in
the Acts, this record Is a very meagre and
imperfect one, aud Lis life was far fuller Ut
adventure, Of labors and sutferings for
Christ, than even Lukes narrative would
lead US to suppose.
1T would appear that Paul reached Troas
under the direction CT tie Guiding Spirit,
without being aware whether his steps were
next to be turned. But could he doub: that
the divine intention was, when, gazing
across the silver streak of the H~ellespont,
he beheld the shores of Europe on the other
side? He was now within the charmed cir
Gle where tor ages civilization had had her
home; and he could not be entirely ignor-
ant of those stories of war and enterprise,
and those legends of love and valor which
have made ii forever bright and dear to
the hearts Of mankind At only four miles
distant lay the plain Of Troy, where Europe
and ASIA encountered each other in the
struggle celebrated in Homers immortal
song. Not far oil Nerxes, sitting
on n marble throne, reviewed
the three millions of Asiatics with
whom he meant to bring Europe
20 his feet. On the other side Of that mar
row strait Law Greece and Rome, the centres
from which issued the learning, the com
merce and the armies which governed the
world. Could bis heart, so ambitious for
the glory Of Christ, fail TO be fred with the
dtsire'o cast himselfupon these strongholds,
or could he doubt that the spirit was lead
ing him forward to this enterprise? He
knew that Greece, with all her wisdom,
lacked that knowledge which makes wise
unto salvation, and that the Romans,
though they were The %conquorers Of this
world, did not know the way of winning al
inheritance in the world that is TO come, but
in his breast he earned the secret which they
both required"
In this passage of Paul from Asia to
Europe" the speaker said, "a great proyi.
Dental decision was taking effect, OF which,
as children Of the West, We cannot think
without the profoundeSt thanktulness
Christianity arose in Asia and among an
Oriental people; and it might have been
expected to sprout first among those races
to which the Jews were most akin, Instead
of coming west, it might have gone east
wards. 1t might have penetrated into
Arabia, sAnd taken possession of those
regions where the faith Of the False Pro-
pket now holdsssway. ItmiSht have visited
he wandering tribes of Central Asia and
piercing is wayssdown through the passes Of
tie Himalasas, raised its temple
on the banks Of the Indus and
the Ganges. 1t might have trav
eled Earth, r cast, to deliv,r the swarm,
:ug millions of China from the cold secular
ism of confessions. Had it done so, mis-
siopsries from India and Japan might have
hten coming to England at the present day
to tell the story Of the cross
After noticing the visit of the apostle to
the churches of Philippi, Thessalonics aud
Beroea. the reverend gentleman went on to
detail the prominent part taken By women
il the great work of spreading the Gospel
In Macedonia, perhaps on account of its
morality, women proselytes were more
numerous than elsewhere, presaging a happy
change in the lot Of women. If man. he
said, loves much to Christ, women
owes still more. He has delivered her
from the degradation of being
mans slave and plaything, and raised her to
become his friend and his equal before
Heaven; while, on the other hand, a new
glory has been given to Christ's religion
by the fneness and dignity with which it is
invested when embodied in the character of
woman. 4 = = The first convert in
Europe was 4 woman; at the first Christian
service held on European soil, the heart oil
Lydia was opened to receive the truth, and
the change which passed upon her pre6g-
ured what woman in Europe and America
was to become under the influence Of Chris
%tianity.'
The speaker then detailed Paurs visit to
Greece, and his journey around to Athens,
where he began to inculcate the principles
of the new doctrine among the students
and philosophers and ssges who thronged
the capital; his speech from the summit Of
Mars Hill, the abrupt departure Of his au-
dience, and the Apostles consequent re-
mOval to Corinth, were all graphically por-
traYed in an eloquent and mastery nan
ner. In Corinth the Apostle remained a
year and a half after which he returned to
.Iernsalam and NJ nnna set nnf for EnhesnS