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j the Corinthians, and the Athenians, By
quotasions from their own authors. | have
never found anything in Carlyle, or Goethe,
or Herbert Spencer that could compare in
strength or beauty with Paul's epistles.
do not think there is anything in the writ
iDgs of Sir William Hamilton that shows
such mental discipline as you find in Paurs
argument about justification and resurrec-
| ton. | have not found anything in Milton
finer in the way of Imagination than can
fiod in Paups illustrations drawn from the
smphitheatre. There was nothing in Rob
ert Emmett pleading for his life, or in Ed
muud Burke arraigping Warren Hastings
10 Westminster Hall, that compared with
the scene IN the courtroom when, before
robed officials. Paul bowed and began his
speech, saying: 81 think myself happy,
King Agrippa, because shall answer for
myself this day." l repeat, that religion
that can capture man like that must have
some power in it. It is time our wise acres
stopped talking as though all the brain of
the world were opposed to Christianity.
Where Paul leads we can afford to follow.
| sm glad to know that Christ has, in the
different ages of the world, had in his disci-
pleship Mozart and Handel in music;
Raphael and Reynolds in painting; an Au-
gelo and Canova in sculpture; Rush and
a Harvey in medicine; a Grotius and
Washington in statesmanship; Black
stone, Marshall and Kent in the law;
and the time will come when the religion of
Christ will conquer all the observatories
and universities, and philosophy will,
through her telescope, behold the morning
star of Jesus, and in her laboratory see that
call things work together for good" and
With her geological hammer discern the
Crock of Ages" Oh, instead of covering
and shivering when the skeptic stands be-
fo,s us, and talks of religion as though it
we're a pusillapimous thing-instead Of
that, lei Us take out our New Testament
and read the story of Paul at Rome. or come
and see this city for ourselves, and learn
that it could have been no weak Gospel
that actuated such man. but that it is an
all coDqueriog Gospel. Aye! for all ages
the power of God and the wisdom of God
unto salvation.
Men, brethren and fathers! I thank you
for this opportunity of preaching the Cos
pei to you that are at Rome also. The
churches of America salute you. Upon you
who are, like u.s. strangers in Rome, pray
the protecting and journeying care of God.
Upon you who are resident here / pray
grace, mercy and peace from God our Fa-
ther and the Lord Jesus Christ. After tar
rying here few days we resume our jour-
ney for Palestine. and we shall never meet
again either in Italy, or America, or what is
called the Holy Land, but there ia holier
land, and there we may meet, saved by the
grace that in the same way saves Italian
and American. and there in that superual
cline, after embracing Him who, by His
sutferings ON the hill back of Jerusalem,
made our heavea possible, aud given saIu-
tation to our own kindred whose departure
broke our hearts on earth, we shall, think,
seek ont the travelling preacher and mighty
hero of the text who marked out his jour
ney through Macedonia and Achaia to Jer-
usalem, saying: "After have been there,
must also see Rome,''