Telegram-herald., 1889-11-04
SERMON
By Talmsgs % Al HIS Readers
Before He Gauz-
H IS GOING TO TIE H0LY LASD
sazaFefA aaa Bethlehem. C4peruaaal
sa4 5erusaieia BeeEea isiaa an-as
Eeeis AleiF asplra1Isa-
EF1ay.. al ApDlfeaElsas.

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CcE % ne hsF. - Wl-e Tainlars. D
u oi Eroaal7a. "a b. emhar.ari,a f.r ia
Hs.y Land. ~ --a stsansr Clfs ~ Paris. az
lFaael LIS nllA.gls oi irlea.ls saroaza tss
pres. taxing far a. tszs .Aels A.. S. -a1i
tasT aelus. ....lLsa hill unto las s.i8.s rs
sarlucn Is srl4te1 51loF &C f4A .sarfn
60 rna aors llzn uvssary y-fFs million uso-
Pc a. many countries - whom nv serr.lrr.s
ooIls Wssz bF saez. ia Enxlisa 6ougue aed
~ trana-ali-l. tlratgn EAs klnansss II ne
ussspa9sr press, -.l-Fzas thesa nosts
dictate tls'a ID s--r.l. .ra Eler o1 the svs u
Eg departure f9r ms H-.y Land. Palsstins
Naea yea rs4l tlis ssrnon 1 VII BE- mid
A-aElle. - % - g.ua fs~ weeks on
relsi 7ils g1aruag- / - because / sau- far
nFsell al aearers aad rsaiers o. see Beta
ish-nl slld Aszars-h. and Jerusalem ana Ca
vary. 4nl a. 20 ora7r places connsctsd Tirh
ths 64Flogrs lis ald 1ea-a. and - re-e,-
f1rcs mgssif Tor ssrmonz - also because
i zln Hri1ag -la - iifs of ChTlst. and can 10
more aeclrare ans sraphis when / have beeu
a. eye witness ~ the sacred places PRAY
Tor my successful I1lrusYilg aud nay safe re-
turn.
/ wish on The sVs q departure % pro
lcEncs l07.ag BeleClrtl1n 10ou al nay
friends ID higl D.aees aud ioH. upoa conzre
Ktt.cLs lo s1olu ray sermons are read Ira eb-
sence ~ pastors, upon groups gathered oct on
prairie, aed 3D. mining districts. upon al
slfk aad invalid and agei ones who cannot
atfeal churches, tl5 o. whom 1 have long al
L4.nlstsrsd through tao pr.ntod page. Ny
usEt Sermon wi4 bs addressed 70 you from
Rome Italy. tor i feel lie Paul when he
saa: SD. ~ lllel a. Ia me Is, / am ready %
preach ti5 ga.pe. lo goa thai are al Rome
aso' las fast l. that Paul was ever NOV
ug about ga lad or SEA Re was an old
aall.r-noI from occupation. but from fire.
qlenrY ol travel Ll-nk he could have taken
a vessel acres tls Aa4ltarralean as vel as
sons If ths ship c.Y-a-nA The sailors never
scollsi at Hlm Cor 11ias "laud lubber" II
fauls advise Lal bean taken. tha crew would
never have sa18 a-aore 10 &-llta
TACr Os IuE OCEAN
Wen tlsyessel wen- sc1lilng under bare
poles Paal was tho only SELF possessed man On
hoard. AMI, farming % the excited crew and
desplaile passengers, hs exclaisus, IN a voice
that sounds above -he tlundsr of the tempest
aud tas wrath ~ cns sea. "Be0f good cheer.
The men who nos 20 % sea with mays, and
charts, ana mosiern com p1ss, warned by buoy
and lighthouse. know ~ ching Of the periis Of
ancient navigation. Horace said that the
man who first vear1red on the sea must have
haa a heart bound wiki oals and triple brass
People then ven-ured only from headland 20
head land, and from Island % Island. and not
uarl long after spread lleir sail for q voyage
across she sea Before starting. tho weather
was watched, aut ths vessel having bean
hauled up o. tie shore. tae mariners placed
their shoulders a-alnst the stern OF tho ship
and heavei lr oG-tAsy, II the last moment
ieaping into IT,
Vesssls were then chiefly ships Of burden
the transit Of passengers being the exception;
for the world was not then migratory. "a in
cur daY, when the first desire OK a man in
ons place seems % % TO get into anothar
place. The ship from which Jonah was
thrown overheard. and that IN which PAM
was carried prisoner, went out chiefly with
the idea 0t taking a cargo. As now 50 then,
vessels wer5 accustomed 70 carry a iag. In
those times it wss inscribed with the name
of heathen talty. A vessel bound for Syra-
cUse bad on it the inscription. Castor and
fUllux-' The ships were provided with an
chorS Anchors were OF two kinds-those
that were dropped into the sea, and those
that wers thrown up on 70 the rocks 20 hold
th9 vessel fast Tais last kind was what Paul
alluded % when hs said: (Which hope We
have as ar anchor of the SOUL both sure and
s-eedfast and " which enter-tl into that with
tn the vad That was what .he saiiors call
a nook anchor" TIE rocks nud sand bars,
shoals aad headiands not being mapped out,
vessels carried a plumb liua They would
drop 10 and iu4 the water fifty fathoms, and
drop Be- again anil fnd 10 forty fRthonis, and
drop 30 again anil And it thirty fath0ms. thus
dscoveriug their near approach % the shore.
Ira tae spring, summer and autumn the
Mediterranean SEA was whit0 with the wings
of ships but as the first wintry bias, they
h.ed themselves % tee nearest harbor, Gl-
though now tbs worlds commerce. prospe-s
Ia january as wel as ia June. and IN mid
winter al ovar .ho wide and stormy dsep
there daar palaces Of l-h- t-ampling the
hh'ows under Zoos and sao7 sring tho SPARKS
81 terri1la f'r-ncrss on the Wild wind, and
the Christian pessenger tppcted and shawied,
SITS ug'or tGe suel.-- Cf -he srnc zastack. look
ing or uron ths 0hosraoroscent deep, on
vlich IS written in scrolls of foam and fire.
"Thv wrT. NJ Gol. IS i1 tie sea, and thy path
in tle great watcrst'
To Is ia those days ~ early navigation that
7 see group = u-n, women and children on
the hc9el ~ the Msi.trrraneau. Paul IS
ahoue Cd iava Che congregation % whom be
bad preached. rnd they ero come down %
se him - It IS solemn thing to part
Tlere ere So ~lnY traps that wait for
mans fesr. The solid ground may break
through. ana ths sea-how many dark mys-
tsr It l.l.s Is rs bosom a fsw counssis,
hsgv r1ol-hT. iast look and The ropes
rattle. ari cha s2is are hcistsd. and the
plans are bau.si In. and Paul Is gone ex-