Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-23
TALMAGE ON TILE WING.
THE PASTOR OF THE BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE IN ITALY.

TABERNACLE IN ITALY.
Sermon Prenched Sunday. Nov. Il. 1880.
atgEr.nlis.-The Subject "a Mediterra-
nc.sn Jonrncy"-Fuli Report of the Dts-
oosrae q. the Italian Port.
BsisDIal, Nov. 1.-THE Rev. 7. De
Witt almage, D. D., preached in this
Italian port today. His subject was
Mediterranean Voyage and lie
toosf his text Acts xvii. "A: And
so itscame to pass, that they escaped all ;
safetosland. DR.. Talmage said:s
Having visited your historical city.
which we desired to see because it was
the.Terminus of the most famous road
of The ages,ithe Roman Appian Way,
andSorits mighty fortress overshadow- :
ing SseitY which even Hannibels hosts
eoufdsnot thunder down. we must to-
MORROW, morning leave your harbor,
and Ter touching at Athens and Cor
intf; SVoyage about the Mediterranean
to alexandria. Egypt i have been
read ing this morning IN my New ..Ees-
tapk atsof a. Mediterranean voyage I'm !
an sflexand,iail ship. twas thisvery
nonthof November The vessel was
5 lying in a port not very far from here.
Cupboard that vessel were two distin.
guished passengers: one, Josephus, the
historian, as we have strong reasons to
behave; the other, convict. one Paul .
by name. who was going to prison foe
upsstting things, or, as they termed it.
..tusning the world upside down" !
This convict had gained the
confidence of the captain. Indeed,
j think that Paul knew almos:
as much about the sea as did the cap
tain. He had been shipwrecked three
times already; be had dwelt much OF
hisslife amidst capstans, and yardarnisr
and;cables. and storms; and he knew =
what he was talking about. Seeing
the eauinoctial storm was coming, and :,
perhaps noticing something unsea
worthy in the vessel. he advised the
captain to stay in the harbor. But |
hear the captain and the first mate
talking together. They say: I'VE
cannot afford to take the advice of this
landsman, and he minister. He may
be able to preach very we'll. but don't
believe he knows a marlinespikc from
a lutf tackle. All aboardl Cast Off
Shift the helm for headwayl Who
fears the Mediterranean" They had
gone only a little way out when
whirlwind called Euroclydon, made
thetorn sail its turban, shook the mast .
as you would brandish spear, and
tossed the hulk into the heavens.
Overheard with the cargol 1t is all
washed with salt water. and worthless
now; and there are no marine insur-
ance companies. All hands ahoy, and
out with the anchors
FRIGHT AT THE STORM. |
Great CONSERVATION comes on crew {
and passengers The sea monsters
snort in the foam. and the pillows
clap their hands in glee of destruc-
tiom In lull of the storm | hear g
chain clank. 1t is the chain of the
great apostle us he walks the deck, or
holds fast to the rigging amidst the .
lurching of the ship-the spray drip /
ping from his long beard as he cries
out to:the crew: "Now-I exhort you !
to be of good cheer: for there shall be /
ssffiJj loss of any mans life among you, |
but of the ship. For there stood by
me this night the angel of God, whose
l am, and whom l serve, saying, Fear
not, Paul; thou must be brought be-
fore Caesar: and, 10, God hath given
thee all them that sail with thee"
Fourteen days have passed, and
there is no abatement OF the storm.
1t is midnight. Standing on the look
out, the man peers into the darkness,
and, by a flash OF lightning, sees the
long white line of the breakers, and
knows they must be coming near to
some country, and fears that in few
moments the vessel will be shivcrcd
on the rocks The ship flies like chaif
in the tornado. They drop the sound
ing line, and by the light Of the lam
tern they see it is twenty fathoms.
Speeding along q little farther, they
drop the line again, and by the light
of the lantern they see it is fifteen
fathoms. Two hundred and sew
enty-six souls within few feet
of awful shipwreckl The managers
of the vessel, pretending they
want to look over the side of the ship
and undergrad it, get into the small
boat, expecting in it to escape; but
Paul sees through the sham, and he
tells them that if they 60 off in the
boat it will be the death Of them. The
vessel strikesl The planl1s spring. The
timbers crackl The vessel parts in
the laundering surgel Oh, what wild
struggling for lifel Here they leap
from plank to plank. Here they 60
under as if they would never rise, but,
catching hold of timber, come float
ing and painting on it TO the beach.
Here, strong swimmers spread their
arms through the waves until their
ehins pillow the sand, and they rise up
and wiring out their wet locks on the
beach. When the roll of the ship is
called, two hundred and seventy-six
people answer to their names. And
SO, 7 says my text, lit came to pass that
they escaped all safe to land"
LESSONS TO BE DRAWN.
Ilearn from this subject:
First, that those who get US into
trouble will not stay to help us out.
These shipmen got Paul out OF Fair
Ravens into the storm; but as soon as
thetempest dropped upon them, they
wanted to so Oft in the small boat,
caring nothing for what became of
Paul and the passengers. All mel
human nature is the same in all ages.
They who get US into trouble never
stop to help us out. They who tempt
that young man into a life of dissipa-
ton will be the first to laugh at his
iinbecility, and to drop him out Of de-
cent society. Gamblers always make
funlof the losses OF gamblers. They
who tempt you into the contest with
fstss saying, 81 will back you," will
be the first to run. Look over all the