Telegram-herald., 1889-11-11
IN ROME
Eulogy on the Wcrk ard Preach
ing Of S. Paul.
CONFIRMING Our EEkFAlTH


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h-re IS P1l.s itinerary IL s4s travel
lg W clrel.s preacher Re --l .eel n-ooos1
als islsu-rsi. All ths m9re g3od he dli tle
aarss tAs a9r.l treated blA- B1r b. went
r.sll 9.- NoH Ls proposes 90 60 g Jerls2-
lsa -ad says. After -hat ! uusr also So
Rome Why dl.l le want % visit tails woa-
cerlul clly ia welsh 4m today permitted %
staa1f 'lo preach tle Gospel, you answer.
10 Gol1- 4 lr, 1-l taere were o-aer re1s-n
sly be wanted o. SEE Rome. a ulan ~ Paul's
in-s.lige genes anI classic tlsI8 hal lily ora-r
reasons Tor wanting - SOS it. Your Co.os-
scum MAS 20 t1a- tllls ID process W erection,
All BE- wanted o. $50 iL Ihs Forum was
even then an ola structure ami the eloquent
apostle wanted u Sc that building. ia wnicA
eloqnenes had 50 often rluu4erei and wes-
Over ths Appiaa Way the trilnpAal proee5-
slons Lad already marched Cor hundreds "
years. aud he wanted % So that The temple
4 p
wanted 70 sss that The architecture OF the
world renowned city, hs wanted 70 see tlat.
The places associated srith the triumphs. the
cruslties, the disasters, the wars, the military
genius. the poetic and the rhetorical fame Of
this great city, hs wanted 10 see them.
man Ike Paul, So many sided, 50 sympathetic
50 emotional So fau Of analogy. could not
have been Indifferent o the antiquities AMI
tho splendors which move every rightly
organized human being. And with what
thrill Il interest lie walked these streets, those
only, who for the first time Ike ourselves
enter Rome, can imagine. IL the inhabitants
OF all ChTiuendom We're gathered into one
plain. and IL were put 90 them which two
cities they would above all others wish 10 see,
the vast majority or them would vote Jeru-
salem and Rome So we can understand
something Of the record OF my text and its
surroundings when it says Paul purpoSed in
the spirit when he had passed through Mace
I donia and Achaia 10 60 % Jerusalem, saying:
After that l must also see Rome" As some
/ Of you are aware, with my family, and only
I for the purpose OF what we can learn and the
/ good we can get, am on the way 70 Pales-
/ tine. Since leaving Brooklyn, New York, this
/ Is the first place we have stepped. Intermedi-
/ ate cities are attractive, but We have visited
/ them IN other years, and we hastened on, for
! ] said before starting that while | was going 10
/ Jerusalem | must also see Rome. Why 20
/ want 10 SEQ it, Because l want, by visiting
/ regions associated with the great Apostle TO
/ the Geutiles, 90 have my faith in Christianity
confirmed. There are those who will 20
/ through large expenditure 20 have their faith
weakened. IN uy native land have known
/ persons OF very limited means to pay fifty
/ cents or dollar 20 hear 4 lecturer prove that
/ our Christian religion is a myth. dream,
/ cheat, a lie. Onthe contrary, win give all
/ the thousands OF dollars that this Journey Of
my family will cost TO have additional evil
/ denco that our Christian religion is an au-
thenticated grandeur, n solemn, Il joyous, q
+ -apturous, a stupendous a magnificent fact.
+ So / want 70 see Rome | want you 70 show
me the places connected with apostolic min
/ istry. I have heard that in your city and
/ amid its s,.troundings, apostles suffered and
/ died for Christ's sake. Ny common sense
tells me that people DO not die for the sake Of
a falsehOOd They may practice a deception
/ for purposes Of gain, but put the sword to
their heart, or arrange the halter around
their neck, or kindle the fire around their
feet and they would say my life is worth
more than anything I can gain by losing it.
l hear you have in this city Paul's dungeon.
Show it to me. l must see Rome also. While
| am interested in this city because Of her
rulers or her citizens who are mighty in his
tory for virtue or vice or rtalents-Romulus,
and Caligula, and Cincinnstus, and
Vespasian, and Coriolanus, and Bru-
tus, and a hundred others whose
names are bright with an exceeding bright
ness, or black with the deepest dye-moSt Of
ali am l interested in this city because the
preacher OF Mars Hill, and the defer OF
Agrippa, and the hero OF the shipwrecked
vessel il the breakers Of Melita, and the man
who held higher than any one that the world
ever saw the torch Of Resurrection, lived.
and preached, and was massacred here. Show
me every place connected with his memory.
Z ! must also see Rome.
CURIOSITY OF TIE CHRISTIAN.
/ But my text suggests that in Paul there