Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-23

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BEOOELYS, June ls.-Rev DR. Talmage
Is now on the Atlantie. having sailed from
New York on the 18th inst. for Liverpool
for preaching tour N England, Scotland
ireland and Sweden Before visiting
Sweden DR.. Talmage viii 60 to Russia.
there 10 witness the reception and disposi-
tion of the cargo Of breadstuffs on board
The Christian Herald relief steamship Leo
which sailed lat week for ST. Petersburg
Previous 70 his departure be dictated 10
bis stenosrapler the following farewell
sermon 70 be rad By the vast and widely
scattered audiences whom il 5 his weekly
privilege TO address through the meslium
Of the newspaper press He took his text
from II Timothy iY, g The time of my
departure j. az hand"
Departure That j. a word used only
twice in all the Bible. But Il IS word
often uSed IN the courtroom. and means
the desertiof u one course u pleading for
another. Il j. used in navigation 70 de-
scribe the distance between two meridians
passing through the sxtremities Of a
course. Il j. a word have recently heard
applied TO my departure frOm America 10
Europe for preaching tour 20 last until
September In smaller and les sigDif-
cant sens than that implied 10 the text. I
can say. The time Of my departure i at
hand !"
Throug III the printing press address this
sermon 20 my readers all the world over,
and when they read il ! will b. in mid
ocean, and unless something new happens
IN my marine experience I viii he in DO
eondifios 10 preach. But how unimpor-
y ~.
exchange Of continents as when applied 70
exchange Of worlds a. when Paul wrote
THE time q my departure is ut hand
Now departure implies a starting place
and place u destination When Paul
left this world, what was the starting (
point, Il Was scene % great physical I
distress IL was the Tuliianum, the lower !
dungeon Of the Mamertine prison, Rome. 1
Italy. The top dungeon was bad enough E
il having no means Of ingress or egress.
but through an opening in the top. /
Through that the prisoner was lowered. 4
and through that came all the food and /
air and light received. Il was a terrible 4
place. that upper dungeon but the Tul-
lianum was the lower dungeon, and that
was still more wretched, the only light
and the only air coming through the root.
and that roof the floor Of the upper dun
geon. That Was Paufs last earthly resi-
dence
Was 10 that lower dungeon In Soyern-
ber iSs9. 1t i made Of volcanic stone
measured il, and from wail to wall il was
fifteen feet. The highest roof was seven
feet from the floor. and the lowest roof five
feet seven inches. The opening in the roof
through which Paul was let down was
three feet wide. The dungeon has seat
Of rock two and half feet ligh and a shelf
Of rock four feet high. Il was there that
Paul spent his last days on eurth. and it is
there that ! see him now, IN the fearful
dungeon, shivering, blue with cold wait
ing for that old Oyercoat which he had sent
for up TO Troas, and which they had not
yet sent down, notwithstanding he had
written for IT,
PAUL's IMPRISONMENT.
If some skiiiful surgeon should 20 into /
that dungeon where Paul Is incarcerated. (
we might fud out what are the prospects
Of Paul's living through the rough irnpris.
onment. In the first place be is an old .
man. only two years short Of seventy. At {
that very time when be most needs the
warmth, and the sunlight. and the fresh
air, he is shut out from the sun. What are !
those scar on his ankles, Why, those were
gotten when be- was fast, hi. feet in the !
stocks Every time he turned, the Aesh on
his ankles started. What are those scars
on his back You know he vaz whipped
tive times each time getting S4ilty-nine !
strokes = one hundred and ninety-hye |
bruises on the back count then.g made by '
the Jews with rods Of elm wood. each one '
Of the one hundred and ninety five strokes I
bringing the blood y
Look at Pauls face and look at his 7
arms Where did he get those bruisesf {
/ think il was when he was struggling {
ashore amid the shiyered timbers Of the y
/ see a cash in Paul's side g
Where did he get thaty | think he got e
that ia the tussle with highwaymen. for .
be had been in peril Of robbers, and be
hal money Of his own He WAS a me-
chanic as well as an apostle and | think y
the tents he made were as good as his ser !
mons. y
There is a wanness about Paurs looks l
What makes thats think part Of that 4
came from the fact that he was for twenty i
four hours on plank IN the Mediterranean 5
sea, suffering terribly. before be was res ,
cued, for be says positively, Il was a night a
and day in the deep" Oh. worn out. 5
emaciated old mani surely you must be J
no constitution could endure i
this and be cheerful But press my way '
through the prison until come up close {
to where be Is, and by the faint light that v
streams through the opening ! see on his n
face supernatural joy, and bow before a
him, and | say. Aged man. how can you Z
keep cheerful amid all this glOomf"
His voice startles the darkness of the q
place as he cries out. Il am now ready to il
be offered, and the time of my departure is L
at hand" a
Harkl What is that shuffiing Of feet in $
the upper dungeons Why, Paul has an g
invitation to a banquet, and he is going to
dine today with the king. Those shufiling 3
feet are the feet Of the executioners. They J.
come and they cry down through the hole h
Of the dungeon: Hurry up. old man. q
Come. now; get yourself ready" Why, !
Paul was ready He had nothing to pack q
up. He had no baggage to take. He had d
been ready good while. see him rising d