Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-24
TALMAGE ON THE WING.
THE PASTOR OF THE BROOKLYN
TABERNAcLe IN ITALY.

course at the italian Port.
BRINDlsI. Nov. 1.-THE Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, ID. d., preached in this
Italian port today. His subject was
"A Mediterranean Voyage" and he
took for his text Acts xvii, ~; And
so it came TO pass, that they escaped all
safe to land" DIR. Talmage said;
Having visited your historical city,
which we desired TO see because il was
the terminus of the most famous road
Of the ages, the Roman AppIan Way,
and for its mighty fortress ovcrshadow.
ing a city which even llannibal's hosts
could not thunder down. we must to,
morrow morning leave your harbor
and after touching at Athens and Cor
NTH, voyage about the Mediterranean
TO Alexandria, Egypt. | have been
reading this morning in my New les
lament of a Mediterranean voyage in
al Alexaudrian snip. 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-
guisaed passengers; one. Josephus, the
historian. as we have strong reasons TO
believe. the other, a convict, one Paul
by name, who was going 10 prison for
upsettiug things. or, as they termed it,
turning the world upside down"
This convict had gained the
confidence of the captain. Indeed,
] think that Paul knew almost
as much about the sen as did the cap.
tain lie had been shipwrecked three
times already; he had dwelt much of
his life amidst capstals, and yardarms,
and cables, and storils; 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 ia the harbor. But i
hear the captain and the first mate
talking together. They say: I'VE
cannot afford 10 take the advice of this
landslnan, and he a minister. He may
be able 10 preach very well, but | don't
believe he knows a marlinespike from
a luir tackle. All aboard! Cast off!
Shift the helm for headwayl Who
fears the Mediterranean" They had
gone only a little way out when a
whirlwind. called Euroclydon, made
the torn sail its turban. shook the mast
as you would brandish a spear, and
tossed the hulk into the heavens.
Overheard with the cargol Ii is all
washed with salt water, and worthless
now; and there are no marine insur,
ance companies. All hands alloy, and
out with the anchorsl
FRIGHT AT THE STORM.
Great CONSERVATION comes on crew
and passengers. The sea monsters
snort in th' foam. and the pillows
clap their nds III glee of destruc-
ton. In a 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 lac cries
out 10 the crew: Now j exhort you
To be 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
i am, and whom | 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.
II is midnight. Standingo 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 a few
moments the vessel will be shivered
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 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 shipwreckl The managers
of the vessel, pretending they
want 10 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 tina. if they go off in the
boat il will be the death Of them. The
vessel strikesi The planks spring. The
timbers crack The vessel parts in
the laundering surgel Oh, what wild
struggling for lifei Here they leap
from plank TO plank. Here they go
under as If they would never rise, but,
catching hold Of a timber, come float,
ing and painting on il TO the beach.
Here, strong swimmers spread their
arms through the waves until their
chins plow 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
SC" says my text, lit came To pass that
they escaped all safe to land"
LESSONS TO BE DRAWN.
/ learn 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
the tempest dropped upon them, they
wanted 10 go off 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 10 help US out. They who tempt
that young man into a life of dissipa-
ton will be the first 10 laugh at his
imbecility, and 10 drop him out Of de-
cent society. Gamblers always make
fun of the losses Of gamblers. They
who tempt you into the contest with