The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-11-14
GOSPEL ARCHlPEI
DR. TALMACE PREAcPN
RHODES AND pain
A Night View OF the Isiaufed
By PRui-rhe Birthpiad he
Gospel OF ST. John-La.tIss
OF Egypt

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Nov. &, An
OVERLOOKING congregation nj tok-
lyn Tabernacle this mornin Steo
the interest the religious pu tal- /
ing in the series OF scrmonsAnl
mage is preaching on whahw,
Contirmatory of the Scriptunlng
lis tour from the Pyramid the
Acropolis. This morning bon,
the fourth of the series. WI the
islands OF the Greek archipdrhe
Doctor took two texts. Pl.a, .
when we had discovered 4 we
left II on the left hand. an ELLA I
ton 10, 81. John, was n isle .
that is called patmos.
Good-by, Egypt Althourfcst- (
ing and instructive beyond aptry .
IN the world, excepting the land,
Egypt was TO me somewhat ding.
IL was post-mortem eXamh OF
great cities that died 1000 yago.
The mummies or wrapped Pdlos
Of the dead, were prepared lefer-
cnce 90 the Resurrection thu
Egyptians departing this lifting
their bodies TO be kept in as con
dition as possible SO that tlioulc
be presentable when they vailed
again 10 occupy them.
This sermon finds Us on thmer
Minerva in the Grecian atlago,
the islands OF the new testd and
islands Paulinian and John IN
their Renaissance. What baw's
directory is 20 travellers ilrore,
and what the railroad q Is TO
travellers in America, the Bf the
Acts In the bible is TO voyaan the
Grecian. or as | shall call ! Cos
pei archipelago. The bible taphy
OF that region is accurIwith-
out shadow OF mistaiSa are
sailing this morning on same
waters at Paul sailed butte op
p1site direction Co that wind voy-
aged. lie was sailing south and
we northward. with hal was.
Ephe us, Coos, Rhodes, CyH With
ms il is reversed ana IL Eprus,
Rhcdcs, Coos, Ephesus. Tais no
Look in the world SO n cdas the
divine book Ny text SAYS Paul
Lett Cyprus on the left. wing in
the opposite direction. HAYDN tho
right. ON our ship Mlneryse only
two or three passengers k our
party, so we had plenty pom to
walk the deck aud ollhat a
night was Christmas nigll $50 in
that Grecian archipelago +nds OF
light above, islands OF ~ be-
meath. II is a royal familTlands,
tuis Grecian archipelago: TOWN OF
the world scenery set wiqpphire
and emerald and topa. u,nryso-
prasus and ablazc with n N that
seems let down out OF cell land
scnpes. God evidently mtup his
mind that just here ne woticmon-
strate the utmost that Gle done
with islands for the bcauutiOn OF
earthly scenery.
The steamer had stoppeding tho
night and in the morning ihip was
as quiet as this floor, when ystened
up TO the deck and found tkfc hao
anchored OF the Island OF Gus. In
boat, which the natives ri stand
ing up as is the custom, in$ Of sit
ting down as when we ro9c wcr,
soon landed on the strcets re Pau
and Barnnbas walked antcachcd
Yea, when at Antioch Paul larna
has got into fight as miITs some
times did. and sometimes dor They
all have impcrfections bugh Z
anchor them to this wotiil thei
work is done, say-wheicause o
that bitter controversy Hand lar
nabas parted Barnalas ne la
here 10 Cyprus, which Wits birth
place. Island wonderfully history
1t has been the prize sotmcs wo
by Persia, by Greece, by lbt by tn
Saraccns, by the Crusaderhd last O
all, not by sword but 10y pnnd tina
the pen of the keenest dimatist Q
the century. Lord Beacohld, whC
under lease which was good a
purchase, set Cyprus cong tn
Jewels OF Nictoria's crowtWc wen
out into the excavations IN whie
hi Cesnola has enriched okmcrica
museums with antiquities with n
better weapon than our fode stirre
up the ground deep enoulto get
tear bottle in which sommourn,
shed his tears thousands dcars az
and lamp viii II befurehrist W;
born lighted the feet OF soIpoor pi
grim on his way. Thatland /
Cyprus has enough 20 set antiqu
rian wild. The most OF glory
A a. . 1
ievers that sweep its hst NJ
the clouds OF locusts that Of black,
It's skies, though 500, OOwere c
pended by the British eutc I'm on
year for the cxtirpation ufesc 40
ious insects, yet failing do q
worlS) and the frequent laugc
governmental masters. hGt, pre-
perity. But when the islas OF Il
sea come TO God, Cyprus n con
with them. and the agriclural al
commercial opulence wnH adorn
II in ages asst will be eclifd 10y :
agricultural and commercl and 7
ligious triumphs Of the agdtc con
Why is the world SO STUFF that
cannot sec that nations arbrospcr
In temporal things In prbrtion
they are prospered In religls thing
The christian religion iriuhhant,
other interests triumphantl he Chr
tian religion low down. all her int
csts low down. SO | thdht as
the evening OF that day e stcpr
from the filthy streets SLarna
Cyprus, on 10 the boat I'D took
back TO the steamer MinKa VIII
had already begun TO pawhc wa
like n courser impatient The go
and then we moved on AMP amo
the islands OF this Gospel Ahipe al
Night came down on lad aud
and the voyage became To uimore q
more suggestive and soleb II f,
arc pacing it alone. ShiH deck
the darkness and at sen we
place. and an active .magiition n
con lure mp almost any saah he y