The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

CHRISTIAN CURIOSITY.
:, .rookiyn Divirc Prcacheo In
'fe'' tho Etcrnal City.

|fg or Iii and the more good he did the
81 ~" world treated him. But he went
v'r@ sn Now he proposes TO go to Jerusa-
|rsh' ~ savs; After that L must also see
~ a"S Why did he want TO VISIT TINS won.
bnme "a, in which | am to-day permitted
trfn cry .'I'o rreach the Gospel" you an
> s'hnas doubt Of IL, but there were other
ger W he wanted TO see Rome. A man
rnsons W Sntolligence and classic taste had
IL fau,s reas0ns for wanting to see IL.
|fv o~"i,yseum was at that time in PROCESS
|your ~, and he wanted 10 see IL. The
|d ere'.,oi w.. Zen then an old structure, and
forunii i,r,,ent apostle wanted TO see that
~ ne,s, in which eioquence had 50
fanu", Numbered and wept, over tine
Gan WAY the triumphai PROCESSION na1
lFh,ua marched for hundreds OF years, and
sreau! ,iS IN sec that The Temple OF Sat
b vans vnas airaadyan antiquity, and he wanted
trn ~ The architecture OF the world
pse ,atv he wanted TO see that The
rnoN .as'.,cioted with the triumphs, the
pac,s ,be disasters the wars, the milf
0ueh;,, the poetic and the rhetorical
AZ ~ ,his great city, he wanted 20 see
iNns A man like Paul, 50 many sided, 50
ps"..,be,ic. - emotional, so full OF analogy,
gin,p w., have been Indifferent To the antiq-
cuh nos ,'i tbe splendors which move every
tlis.,,. tlies, s, n,r,anized human being. And with
ngna!.L-lI of interest he walked these
vhaL ,b,., only who for the first time like
acy,, enter Rome can imagine. III the
| ow ows,i,a,tsof all Christendom were gathered
nnSO,'.',, Ian and 10 were put 10 them which
MI v.t ~, tbev would above all others wish to
WO .ta vs,t majority of them would vote
STs,.si.ri and Rome. So we can understand
s.'..bing of the record OF my text and its
-r,sndings when IL says, Paul proposed IN
-. ,r,ri, when he had passed through Mace
ia. . IN. Il "a IN 4
o,ssr tbat must also see Rome As some
W., are aware, with my family and only
. IN. ,u.pose Of what we can learn and the
~ So. can get. am on the way 10 Pales-
sine leaving Brooklyn, n. V, this is
-, dr., place we have stopped. intcrmedi-
W ,,,ic. are attractive. but we have visited
y, in other years. and we hastcned ON, for
- before starting that while was going
:. 900 jerusalem ] must also SEQ Rome.
wby 40 | want to sec ity Because want,
bv visiting regions associated with the
eyeat apostle to the gentiies' TO nave
foI,h in Christianity confirmed.
IL, arc those who viii 90 through large
.,n,ndture 10 have their faith weakened.
H. mv native land have known persons OF
,sry limited means TO pay fifty cents or
,ioli,r to hear u lecturer prove that our
Chri.tiau religion is n myth, dream, n
-, lie ON the contrary, ] will give all
,he tbouSands of dollars that this journey OF
,ny family will cost Ia have additional evi
,snc, that our Christian religion is an au-
fbenticated grandeur, solemn, Joyous,
yapturou,. q stupendous, n magnificent fact.
81 want ~ see Rome. I want you To show
me the places connected with Apostolic
rnipi.fry' have heard that, in your city
and amid IL, surroundings apostles suffered
hnd died for Christ's sake. My common
,.n-, tells me that people do not die for tho
sake OF falsehood. They may prac.
te a deception for purposes OF gain,
INT mt the sword to their heart,
Or arrange the halter around their neck. or
lfnde the fire around their feet, and they
would say my life is worth more than any.
ming can gain by losing it. l hear you
have in this city Pauls dungeon Show IL to
me- I must see Rome also While | am in
ier,,ted in this city because of her rulers on
hsr citizens who are mighty in history for
,rture or vice or talents, Romulus, and
Caliguli and Cincinnatus, and Nespasian.
and Coriolanus, and Brutus, and hundred
others whose names are bright with an eX
ceedng brightness, or black with the deepest
dye most OF all am | Interested in this city
because the preacher of Mars hill, and the de
fT Of Agrippa, and the hero of the ship
wrecked vessel in the breakers OF Melita, and
he man VINO held higher than any one that
lived, and preached, and was massacred here
Show me every place connected with hi
memory. ] must also see Rome.
But my ieXt suggests that in Paul there
was the inquisitive and curious spirit. Hat
ny text only meant that he wanted to preacl
here h, would have said 80. Indeed il
another place, hcdeclared II am ready t,
preacn The Gospel 10 you who are at Rom,
Also.' But my text suggests sight seeing
This man who had been under DR.. Gamalic
pad no lack Of phraseology, and was used 1,
sayns exactly what he meant, and he said; :"
flnust also sec Romc.n There Is such n thin.
b Chri,iian curiosity. Paul had il and som,
Us nave 1t. About other peoples busines,
have no curiosity. About all that can con
hrm my faith in the Christian religion ant
ihe worlds salvation and the souls futur,
iapplncss, | ann full of an all absorbing, al
fompenng curiosity Paul had great curl
sity about the next world, and g,
pave we. | hope some day. by tn
grace ot God, % 60 over and see fo
hy'eiI' nut not now. No well man, no pros
perez man ! think, wants TO go now Blu
he ilme will come, / think. when shall ".
ver. | want TO SEQ what they do there, an,
want u see how they do il. do not wan
= be looking through the gates aiar for
yer want them 10 swing wide open
mere are ten thousand things | want ex
.auleu-tuout you, about myself, about tn,
Nernment of this world, about God. abou
Nerythn}, We start in Il plain path o
ual we know, and in a minute come II,
salll', ngh wall of what we do not know
"ohu, now It looks over there Some
tg nj, "ils "ils me II Is like paved city-paveC
W. SOU ana another man tells me it il
fountain, and it is like a tree. an,
= IKE u1umphal procession: and tn,
Az man met tells me it is all ficuratiye
reAlly want 10 know, after the body 4
le,lel, what they wear and what the,
"ht nave an immeasurabe curiosity
"'" "hat IL is, and how IL is, and wher,
N'umDus rsked his life 10 find TN,
,'' ".'. ''' continent, and shall we shudder /,
% out on a voyage Of discovery which shal
b,, i - y la't'r and more brilliant country
@a .auNlll risket his life TO find n pas
i "''h IceoergS, and shall we dread &c
Mt, g,a,'ase 70 eternal summer? Men il
Ir6orn '',r' ~, t'"Ee' up the heights OF the Mat
Ae.s' and ropes, and o,ettiu,, hoIf ,yn,
Ssuu'nle and fall down in a horri
.,ias'acre They Just wanted I,
tnyf had been on tho tons nj
n'Sh peaks, Aud shall we fear 10 yr
ar, ','r ascent OF the eternal hills which
|< u bi" 'n'u'ani miles beyond whore Stou
MI as.,,'. PEAKS OF tho Alps, and when IN
die .t',. 'ne'e Is no perily A man doomed
| v' ~ pol on tho scatfold. and said In
f.,, Wv Nom, m ten minutes | will know tho
+. Klnn,;ov. 'e'' on1 minute after the vital
- n ni,h. g,ea',i' ths llttlo child that died
i pa hS 'tN Ni'W moro than Paul hims,lf he
- ord orS uI " Friends, tho exit from this
~ w. or death, II you pleass 10 call IL m
p .mo,,i,ah i,sIiah Is glorious explanation. II il
nL,,.' ation. IL is Illumination IL IL
pws II Is the opening of all the win
1o Is shutting uD the catechisn,
tba ana the unrolling of
!. kforn,a Nr'lls OF positive and accurat,
{ n f,a'iol. fnn, Instead of standing nj