Milford chronicle., 1889-11-22
A MEDITERRANEAN TRIP.
SERMON PREACHED BY REV. 7. DE
WITT TALMAeE, SUNDAY, NOV. II.

w. 'FN-WrN0Eg OONDNTg NON. -.
''And So 1t Came TO Pass, That They Is
capped All Safe to Land"-Aots xvii
-, His Text-A Powerful Discourse a
Brindisi. Italy.
BREDIsI, Nov. 1.-THE Rev. 7. De Wit
Talmage, D. D., preached in this Italian port
today. His subject was "a Mediterranean
Voyage" and he took for bis text Acts xvii
a; "And so It 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
sSrtress overshadowing a city which even
aannibals hosts could not thunder down. we
must tomorrow morning leave your harbor.
and, after touching at Athens and Corinth.
voyage about the Mediterranean to Alexan-
dria, Egypt. l have been reading this morn
ing in my New Testament Of Mediterranean
voyage In an Alexandrian ship 1t was this
very month Of November. The vessel was
lying in port not very far from here. On
board that vessel were two distinguished pas
sengers-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 1t, turning the world upside down. -
This convict had gained the confidence of the
captain; indeed, Think that Paul knew almost
IS much about the sea as did the captain. He
had bean shipwrecked three times already; he
had dwelt much Of his life amidst capstans,
md yard-arms, and cables, and storms; and
he knew what be was talking about. Seeing
the equinoctial storm was coming, and per-
haps noticing something unseaworthy 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 can
not afford to take the advice Of this Iandsman.
and he a minister. He may be able to preach
very well, but don't believe he knows a
marline-spikefrom a luff tackle All aboardl
Cast off Shift the helm for headwayl Who
fears the Mediterranean They had gone
only little way out when a whirlwind.
called EurOclydon, made the torn sail its tur-
ban, shook the mast as you would brandish a
spear, and tossed the hulk into the heavens.
Overheard with the cargo! 1t is all washed
with saltwater, and worthless now; and there
are no marine insurance companies. All
@~Ns-A--'
GREAT SEA STORM.
Great CONSERVATION comes on crew and
passengers. The sea monsters snort in the
foam and the pillows clap their hands in
glee Of destruction. In the 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 amid the luFching of the
ship, the spray dripping from his long beard
as he cries out to the crew; ''Now l exhort
you to be Of good cheer: for thero 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
before Caesar; and, 10, God hath given thee
III them that sail with theen
Fourteen days have passed, and there is no
abatement of the storm. It is midnight
standing on the lookout, the man peers into
he darkness, and, by fash Of lightning
ees the long white line of the breakers, and
Inows they must be coming near to some
ountry, and fears that In few moments
he vessel viii be shivered on the rocks. The
hip flies like chaf in the tornado. Thew
roP the sounding line, and by the light Of the !
antern they see 1t is twenty fathoms. Speed
ng along little farther, they drop the line .
gain, and by the light of the lantern they
20 it is fifteen fathoms Two hundred
nd seventy-six souls within a few
eet Of awful shipwreck The managers !
the vessel, pretending they want to /,
'ok over the side Of the ship and under =
ird it, get into the small boat, expecting in /.
to escape; but Paul sees through the sham, :
nd he tells them that if they 20 of in the
oat it will be the death Of them. The vessel 1
rikesl The planks springl The timbers y
-acki The vessel parts in the laundering !
lrgel Oh, what wild struggling for lifel y
ere they leap from plank to plank. Here =
icy 60 under as if they would never rise. \
Ut, catching hold of timber, come floating =
/ 1t TO the beach Here, strong swimmers :
read their arms through the waves until ;,
eir chins plow the sand, and they rise up
I'd wiring out their wet locks on the beach.
hen the roll Of the ship is called, two hun r.
ed and seventy-six people answer to their !,
'mes. "And So" says my text, lit came to :,
lss, thOt they escaped all safe to land" y,
SOME WHOLESOME LESSONS. =
/ learn from this subject: -
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