Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29
TALMAGE ON TIIF WING.
THE PASTOR OF THE BROollLlN
TABERNACLE IN ITALY.

Sermon Preached Sunday Nov. II, 1889,
at Brindisi-The subject "a Mcderra-
mean Journey" Full Report of the Dis
course.
The Rev. T. DE Witt Talmage, y. D.,
preached at Brindisi Italy, on Sunday,
Nov. II. His subject was "A Medterra-
mean Voyage, and he took for his text
Acts xvii, IL: And so it came to pass,
that they escaped all safeto land. DR..
Talmage said:
Having visited your historical city,
which we desire to see because il 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 Hannibals hosts
could not thunder down. we must to-
morrow morning leave your harbor, and
after touching at Athens and Cornith,
voyage about the Mediterranean to
Alexandria, Egypt. have been reading
this morning in my New Testament of u
Mediterranean voyage III an Alexandrlan
ship. 1t was this very month of Novem-
Der. The vessel was lying in port not
very far from here. On board that vessel
were two distinguished passengers; one
Josephus, the historian, as we have
convict, one Paul by name, who was
going to prison for upsetting things. or.
as they termed it, turning che world
upside down" This convict mad gained
the confidence ofthe Captain. Indeed
think that Paul knew alm'st rs much
about the sea as did the Captain. He
had been shipwreclsed thee times al
ready; he had dwelt muth of his life
amidst capstans, and .ardarms, and
cables, and storms; and h knew what he
was talking about. SEEING the equi-
noctial storm was coming, and perhaps
noticing something uneaworthy in the
vessel, he advised the Captain to stay in
the harbor. But hearthe Captain and
the first mate talking together. They
say: I'VE cannot atforl to take the ad
vice of this landsman. and he minister.
He may be able to preich very we'll, but
| don't believe he knows marlinespike
from Il huff tackle. Alaboard! Cast off,
the Mediterranean They had gone
only little way out when whirlwind,
called Euroclydon, made the torn sail
its turban, shook the mast as you would
brandish spear, and tossed the hulk
into the heavens. Overheard with the
cargo! 1t is all wished with salt water.
and worthless now; and there are no
marine insurance companies. All hands
ahoy, and out with the anchors!
Great CONSERVATION comes on crew
and passengers. The sea monsters
sport i'll the foam. and the pillows clap
their hands in glee of destruction. In
a lull of the storm hear Il chain clank.
1t is the chain of the great apostle as he
walks the deck, or holds fast to the rig
ging amidst the lurching of the ship
the spray dripping from his long beard
as he cries out to the crew: Now | ex-
hort you to be of good cheer; for there
shall be no loss of any mans life among
by me this night the angel Of God,
whose am, and whom serve, saving,
Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought
before 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. It is
midnight. Standing on the lookout,
the man peers into the darkness, and,
by a flash of lightning. sees the long
white line of breakers, and knows they
must be coming near to some country,
and fears that in few moments tia
vessel will be shivered on the rocks.
The ship flies like chaff i'll the tornado.
They drop the sounding line, and by
the light OF the lantern they see it IS
twenty fathoms. Speeding along LITTLE
farther they drop the line again, and ly
the light of the lantern they see it IS
fifteen fathoms. Two hundred and
seventysix souls within few feet Of
awful shipwreck! 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
tito escape; but Paul sees through the
sham, and he tells them that if they &C
off in the boat it will be the death OF
them. The vessel strikes! The planks
spring! The timbers crack! The vesse
parts in the laundering surge! Oh
what wild struggling for life! Here
they leap from plank to plank. Here
they go under as if they would never
rise, but, catching hold of timber
come floating and painting on it to tn,
beach. Here strong swimmers spreat
their arms through the waves until thei1
chins pillow the sand, and they rise W
and wiring out their wet locks on the
called, two hundred and seventy-si,
| people answer to their names. "Ant
SO" says my text, it came to pass thai
they escaped all safe to land"
| learn from the subject:
First, that those who get us into
trouble will not stay to help us out
These shipmen got Paul out of Fail
Ravens into the storm; but as soon as
the tempest dropped upon them, the,
wanted to go off in the small boat
caring nothing for what became of Pau
and the passengers. All me! human
nature is the same in all ages. They
who get us into trouble never stop tt
help US out. They who tempt the youns
man into a life of dissipation will be the
first to laugh at his imbecility, and tc
drop him out of decent society. Gam.
blers always make fun of the losses Of
gamblers. They who tempt you into the
contest with fists, saying 81 will bach
YOU, will be the first to run. Look ove1
all the predicaments of your life, an6
count the names of those who have pot
you into those predicaments, and tel
me the name of one VINO ever helped
you out. They We're glad enough t.
get you out from Fare Ravens, bu
when. with damaged rigging, you triet
to get into harbor, did they hold for yor
q plank or throw you rope? Not one
Satan has got thousands of men into
trouble but he never got one out. He
led them into theft, but he would no.
hide the goods or bail out the defend
! ant. The spider shows the fly the wa,