The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-11-21
TALMAGE ON THE WING.
THE PASTOR or THE BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE IN ITALY.


at Brindisi-The Subject "a Mediterra-
mean Journey"-Fur Report of the Dis
course Mt the italian Port.
BRINDIsI, Nov. 1.-THE Rev. 7. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., preached In this
Italian port today His subject was
"a Mediterranean Voyage, and he
took for his text Acts xvii, A: And
so 1t came TO pass, that they escaped all
safe to land" DR.. Talmage said:
Having visited your historical city,
which we desired to see because it was
the terminus of the most famous road
Of the ages, the Roman Appian Way,
and for its mighty fortress overshadow-
ing city which even Hannibal's hosts
could not thunder down, we must to-
morrow morning leave your harbor,
and after touching at Athens and Cor
inth, voyage about the Mediterranean
TO Alexandria, Egypt. / have been
reading this morning IN my New Tes-
lament OF Mediterranean voyage in
an Alexandrian ship. 1t was this very
month OF November. The vessel was
lying In a port not very far from here.
On board that vessel were two distin-
guished passengers. one, Josephus, the
historian, as we have strong reasons to
believe; the other, a convict, one Paul
by name, who was going to prison for
upsetting things, or, as they termed it,
turning the world upside down"
This convict had gained the
confidence Of tho captain. Indeed,
think that Paul knew almost
as much about the sea as did the cap
tain. He had been shipwrecked three
times already; he had dwelt much OF
bis life amidst capstans, and yardarms,
Snd cables, and storms; and he knew
what he was talking about. Seeing
the equinoctial storm was coming, and
perhaps noticing something unsea.
worthy in the vessel, he advised the
captain to stay in the harbor. But I
hear the captain and the first mate
talking together. They say: "We
cannot afford to take the advice Of this
landsman, and he minister. He may
be able TO preach very well, but / don't
believe he knows q marlinespike from
a luH tackle All aboardi Cast off
Shift the helm for headwayl Who
fears the Mediterranean" They had
gone only Il little way out when a
whirlwind, called Euroclydon, made
tho torn sail its turban, shook the mast
as you would brandish a 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 anchorsl
FRIGHT AT THE STORM.
Great CONSERVATION comes on crew
and passengers. The sea monsters
snort in tho foam, and the pillows
clap their hands in glee of destruc-
ton. In lull of the storm hear a
chain clank. 1t is the chain of the
great apostle as 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 / exhort you
20 he of good cheer, for there shall be
no loss Of any mans life among you,
but Of the ship. For there stood by
me this night the angel of God, whose
am, and whom serve, saying, Fear
not, Paul; thou must be brought be-
fore Cmsar: and, 10, God hath given
thee all them that sail with thee"
Fourteen days have passed, and
there is no abatement of the storm.
It Is midnight. Standing on the look
out, the man peers into the darkness,
and, by 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 shivered
ON the rocks. The ship flies like chaF
A.. 10 Il Il
ing line, and by the light of the Ian
tern they SEQ 1t is twenty fathoms.
Speeding along a 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 a few feet
of awful shipwreck The managers
of the vessel, pretending they
Mant to look over the side of the ship
hnd undergrad 1t, get into the small
boat, expecting in it TO escape; but
Paul sees through the sham, and he
.!ells them that II they go off in the
boat Il will be tho death of them. The
vessel strikesl The planks spring The
timbers crackl The vessel parts il
the laundering surgel Oh, what wild
struggling for lifeI Here they lear
from plank to plank. Here they &c
under as II they would never rise, but
catching hold of timber, come float
ing and painting on 1t to the beach
Here, strong swimmers spread theii
arms through the waves until then
chins plow the sand, and they rise VI
and wiring out their wet locks on In,
beach. When the roll of the ship il
called, two hundred and seventy-sis
people answer to their names. "Anc
so, says my text, it came to pass tha
they escaped all safe to land"
LESSONS TO BE DRAWN.
learn from this subject:
First, that those who get us intC
trouble will not stay TO help us out
These shipmen got Paul out of FaiI
Havens into the storm; but as soon a!
the tempest dropped upon them, the,
wanted to go of in the small boat
caring nothing for what became o
Paul and the passengers. All me
human nature is the same in all ages
They who get us into trouble neve
stop to help us out. They who temp
that young man into life of dissipa
tion viii be the first to laugh at hi
imbecility, and TO drop him out of de
cent society. Gamblers always maxi
fun of the losses of gamblers. The.
who tempt you into the contest witt
fists, saying, II will back you" vii
be the first to run. Look over all th
predicaments of your life, and coun
the names of those who have &C
you into those predicaments, and Tel
me the name of one who ever helpe
YOU out. They were glad enough t
get you out from Fair Havens, bu
when, with damaged rigging, yo
tried 10 get into harbor, did they hol
for you plank or throw YOU rope
Not one. Satan has got thousands c
men into trouble, but he never got on
out. He led them into theft, but b
would not hide the goods or bail OF
the defendant. The spider shows Il
fly the way over the gossamer hridg
into the cobweb; but il never show
the fly the way out OF the cobweb ov'
the gossamer bridge. | think tn!
there were plenty+of fast young me
TO help the prodigal spend his none,
but when he had wasted his substan,
in riotous living, they let him go
the swine pastures, while they betoe
themselves TO some other new come
They who took Paul out of Fair III
vens will be of no help to him whe
he gets into the breakers of Melita.
remark again, as lesson learn.
from the text, that it is dangerous
refuse the counsel of competent adv
sers. Paul told them not 10 go o.
with that ship. They thought
knew nothing about il. They sal
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