The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-11
THE GOSPEL ARCHIPELAGO.
DR.. Talmage's Tour Through the
W ~ Historical Islands 8
standing ON a steamers Deck Mt MIdnight
Matching for the Island Of Rhodes
Passing q Panorama of Won
derful Interest to the Fa-
nous Prehoher.

Inc fourth In Dr. IalmageB series Oi
sermons descriptive Of his tour from
the Pyramids to the Acropolis, was on
the islands Of the Grecian Archipelago.
The Doctor chose two texts: Acts xxi,
8, "When we had discovered Cyprus we
left II on the left hand; and Revelation
L, II, John was In the isle
ofPstmos" The sermon was as follows:
nGood-bye, Egypt! Although interest
ing and instructive beyond any country
In all the world, excepting the Holy
Land, Egypt was to me somewhat de-
pressing. 1t was post-rhortem exarni-
nation Of cities that died four thousand
years ago The mummies, or wrapped
mp bodies Of the dead, were prepared
with reference to the resurrection day,
the Egyptians departing this life want
ing their bodies to be kept in as good
condition as possible SO that they would
be presentable when they were called
again to occupy them. But If when
Pharaoh comes to resurrection he finds
his body looking as saw his mummy
in the museum at Boulac, his soul will
become an unwilling tenant The
Sphinx also was to me stern mon
strosity, statue carved out Of rock OF
red granite sixty-two feet high and
about one hundred and forty-three
feet long and having the head Of man
and the body Of lion. We sat down
in the sand Of the American desert to
study it With cold smile It has
looked down upon thousands Of years
Of earthly history, Egyptian civiliza-
ton, Grecian civilization, Roman civili-
zation, upon the rise and fall Of thrones
innumerable, the victory and defeat
of the armies Of centuries 1t took three
thousand years to make one wrinkle on
its red check It's dreadful in its stolid-
lty. Its eyes have never wept tear.
Its cold ears have not listened to the
groans Of the Egyptian nation, the bur-
DEN Of which ] tried to weigh last Sab
bath. It's heart Ii stone. It cared not
for Pliny when he measured 1t in the
FIRST century. It will care nothing for
the man who looks into its imperturb-
able countenance in the last century.
But Egypt will yet come up to the
glow Of life. The Bible promises It
The missionaries like my friend, good
and great DR.. Lansing, are sounding
resurrection trumpet above those slain
empires There will be some other Jo-
seph at Memphia There will be some
other Moses on the banks Of the Nile.
There will be some other Hypatio to
Ia, a. .,.,ol -, ,o.o1. ", n, a Ja.radad Tn
stead Of destroying angel TO slay the
Arst-born Of Egypt, the Angel Of the New
Testament will shake everlasting life
from his wings over nation born In a
f. day. When, soon after my arrival In
Egypt, took part In the solemn and
tender obsequies of missionary from
our own laud. dying there far away
from the sepulchers Of her fathers, and
saw around her the dusiy and weeping
congregation Of those whom she had
come TO save, / said TO myself: Here
Is self-sacrifice of the noblest type.
Here is heroism immortal. Here is a
queen unto God forever Here is some
thing grander than the pyramids Here
Is that which thrills the heavens. Here
Is specimen Of that which will yet
save the world
Good bye, Egypt This sermon finds us
on the steamer Minerva In the Grecian
Archipelago, the islands Of the New
Testament, and islands Paulinian and
Johannian In their "reminiscences. What
Bradshsw's directory is to travellers in
Europe, and what the railroad guide Is
10 travellers in America, the book Of the
Acts in the Bible is TO voyagers in the
9recian, or as shall call II, the Gospel
Archipelago The Bible geography Of
that region Is accurate without shadow
Of mistake We are sailing this morn
Ing on the same waters that Paul sailed
but in the opposite direction TO thai
which Paul voyaged He was sailing
southward and we northward. With
him II was: Ephesus, Coos, Rhodes
Cyprus With us IL Is reversed and Il
is: Cyprus, Rhodes. Coos, Ephesus
There is no book In the world SO &C
curate as the Divine Book. My tex
says that Paul left Cyprus on the left
we going in the opposite direction, hav'
II on the right. On our ship Minervi
were only two or three passengers be
sides our party, 30 we had plenty o
room TO walk the deck and oh, what I
night was Christmas night Of 1880 II
that Grecian Archipelago-islands o
light above, islands Of beauty beneath
II Is royal family Of islands, this Gre
clan Archipelago; the crown of tn
worlds scenery set with sapphire ant
emerald and topaz and chrysoprasu
and ablaze with glory that seems le
down out Of celestial landscapes. Co
evidently made up His mind that jus
here He would demonstrate the utmos
that can be done with islands for tn
Identification OF earthly scenery.
The steamer had stopped during tn
night and in the morning the ship wa
as quiet rs this floor, when we hastene'
up to the deck and found that we hai
anchored of the Island Of Cyprus Il
n boat, which the natives rowed stand
ing up, as Is the custom, instead Of sit
ting down as when we row, we wer
soon landed on the streets where Pau
and Barnabas walked and preached
Yea, when at Antioch, Paul, and Barna
has got into fight-ss ministers some
times did and sometimes do, for the
all have imperfections enough TO ar
chor them to this world till their wor
is done, l say-when because OF tina
bitter controversy Paul and Barnaba
parted, Barnabas came back here I
Cyprus, which was his birthplace. Is
and wonderful for history Ithas bee