The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-31

old age There IS passage OF Scrip
ture Which speaks of the birth of the
mountains, for there was a time when
the Andes were born, and the Pyrenees were
born and the Sierra Nevadas were born, but
before the birth of those mountains the Bible
tells us, Sod was born, aye, was never born
at ALL because He always existed. Psalm
xc, q before the mountains were brought
forth. or ever Thou hadst formed the earth
and the world. even from everlasting to ever
lasting Thou art God.p How short is human
life, what antiquity attaches TO its WORTH
How everlasting is Godl Show US the antiq-
uities, the things that were old when Amer
ics was discovered, old when Paul went up
and down. these streets sight seeing, old when
Christ was born. ] must. l must also sec
somel
---ssnsr reason Tor oul visit to this city il
That we want 10 see the places where the
mightiest intellects and the greatest natures
wrought for our Christian religion We have
been tod in America by some people o.
swollen heads that the Christian religion is
pusillanimous thing, good for children under
z years of age and small Drained people, but
not for The intelligent and swarthy minded
We have heard OF your Constantine the
mighty, who pointed his army to the cross
saying: by this conquer If there b.
anything; hero connected with his reign OF
his military history, show it to us The
nightiest intellect Of the ages was the au
thor OF my text. and, if for the Christian
religion he was willing to labor and suffer
and die, there must be something exalted
and sublime and tremendous in it; and show
rue every place ne visited, and show me if
you can where he was tried, and which of
your roads leads out 10 Ostia that l may
sec where he went out 10 die We expect
before W. finish this journey TO see Lake
6oiilee ana the places whore Simon Peter
and Andrew fished, and perhaps we
f4nals liz NOT N.s..1
those waters ourselves, but when fol-
lowing the track of those lesser apps
ties | viii learn quite another lesson !
want while in this city OF Rome 70 study the
religion Of the brainiest of the apostles.
want to follow, rs far as we can trace it, the
track OF this great intellect of my text sTho
wanted 10 see Rome also he was a logi
clan, he was metaphysician, he was an all.
eonquering orator, he was a poet of the
highest type He had nature that could
swamp the leading men Of his own day and
hurled against the Sanhedrim he made it
tTemble. BE learned all he could get in the
Bchcol Of his native village, then he had gone
TO higher school, and there had mastered
Tho Greek and the Hebrew and per
fected himself in bellies letlres, until, in af-
ter years. he astounded the Cretans, and
The Corinthians and the Athenians by quo
tations from their own authors. 1 have
never found anything in Carlyle, or Goethe,
or Herbert Spencer that could compare in
strength or beauty with Paul's epistles. do
aot think there is anything in the writings
Of Sir William Hamilton that show such
mental discipline as you find in Paurs argu-
nent about justification and resurrection L
laTe not found anything in Milton finer in
he way of imagination than l can find
n Panrs illustrations drawn from the
amphitheatre There was nothing in
Robert Emmett pleading for his life
sr, EIn,f.r,I Tlrrlra arraforine- XTar-raf,
Hastings in Westminster Hail. that COM
JARED with the scene in the court room when,
before robed officials, Paul bowed and began
lis speech. saying: II think myself happy
King Agrippa, because / shall answer for
myself this day. | repeat, that religion
hat can capture a man like that must have
iomo power in it. 1t is time our wiseacres
topped talking as though all the brains of
he world were opposed 10 Christianity.
Where Paul leads, we caa afford to follow |
an glad TO know that Christ has, in the diff
serent ages Of tho world, had in
lis discipleship Mozart and a Han
lei in music; Raphael and
5anoya in sculpture; q Rush and a Harvey
n medicine; a Grotius and a Washington in
craftsmanship; Blackstone, Marshall and
4 Kent in the law; and the time viii come
when the religion OF Christ will conquer all
The observatories and universities, and phil
9soDhy VIII. through her telescope, behold
The morning star of Jesus, and in her labora-
tory see that ''all things work together for
good and with her geological hammer
iiscorn the Crock of Ages Oh, in
stead of covering and shivering when the
skeptic stands before US, and talks of re
iigion as though it were a pusillanimous
thing-instead Of that, let US take out our
New Testament and read the story OF Paul
at Rome, or coLie and see this city for our
selves. and learn that it could have been no
weak Gospel that aetuated such a man, but
that it Is an ail-conquering Gospel. Ayei
tor all ages the power Of God and the Wis
dom Of Sod unto salvation.
Men. brethren aud fathersl thank you
for this opportunity Of preaching the Gospel
70 you that are at Rome also. The churches
OF America salute you. Upon you who are
ike us, strangers in Rome. l pray the pro-
tecting and iourneying care of God. Upon
you who are resident here, 1 pray grace,
mercy and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ. After tarrying here
few days weresume our journey for Pales-
tine and we shall never meet again, either in
Italy, OF America, or what iSfE.sS3lled
the HOLY Land, but there is 4 -
land, and there we may meet, saveda try
grace that IN the same way saves ItaN
American and there in that supernaJ Dot
after embracing Him who by His f,rl,a,.a
on the hill back Of Jerusalem, L hoA
heaven possible, and given salutaA To the
OWL kindred whose departure
hearts orl earth, we shall, ] thiSh go to
the travelling preacher and mig, O. 1, c,
the text sYho marked out his iourlf .. .. >.
Macedonia and Aehaia to Jerusal2, =, fferi,,or
after J have been there l mJ' eiii = ~ .
Rome