Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-05
WORD OF THE LORD
Great Crowds Gather 10 Hear
Dr.. Taimage.
YESTERDAYS GREAT SERMON
TAs W.fnessss 70 ST Pzuls Combat a.
Erhssls AID the Witnesses % Every
Mas Combat VITA sia-

LoHD0s. Sept. 4.-Ths great outpoar-
i8es g. hesr lr. I2lnags preach con
kiaue. PROBABLY tbs greatest demon
s-ratien dlTlag fle past month was that
q the town haIi. Birmingham. where
10 de.iysTei TIRES addresses the same
evening - audiences agsregatlng 5000
persons At Sheffiald, Derby. Leicester,
Exeter and Bristol also phenomenal au-
Elences uIble,t, the most cordial vel
rons being eVaryWhere accorded him.
Tae sermon selected Tor publication THIS
week Is entitled Celestial sympathiz-
ess, the text being taken from CORN
thians ", 81, II have fought with beasts
a. Ephesus. and Hebrews Iii, I, See
ing ws also ara COMPRISED about with
- great . cloud of witnesses
Crossing the Alps By the Mount Gents
pas or through the Mount Gents tan-
mel. yen are ia a few hours set down at
Verona, Italy. and ia a few minutes be-
90 examining one q the grandest ruins
n the wozld-ths anlphitheater. The
whole building sweeps around you IN a
circle. Iou stand IN the arena where
a. combat was once fought or the race
nm aull on al sides the seats rise, tier
sboVe der until yoa count forty eleya-
fou8 or galleries. as I shall sec ht %
cal them, ia which SAT the senator's.
ths kings am tbs twenty I've thousand
sxcltsd spectators.
A. the sides dc the arena and under
The galleries are the cages IN which the
lions and Tigers are kept without food
until, frenned with hunger and thirst.
taey arc lee out upon some victim who,
with his sword and alone. IS condemned
e. Ineet tAefn. I think that Paul him
kelf once stood ia such place, and that
It was not only Gguratively but literal
j. that b. had fought with beasts at
E3heaus.'
The gai1da has come. From all the
VOID .he people are pouring into We
roma. Men. women and children. ora
tors anl senators. great men and small.
fhousaaas upou thousands, come, until
tho first gallery IS lul. and the second.
tie third, the fourth. the ifth-all the
way up % tho twentieth, all the way
n % the thirlerh. all the way up 70
RE fortieth. Every place is filed.
Immeusity OF audience sweeping the
great circle. Silencel The time for
the contest has come. \ Roman official
leads forth the victim into the arena.
Let him get his sword with firm grip
into his right hand The twenty i've
thousand sit breal hlessly watching
hear the door at the side Of the arena
rreak open. out plunges the half starved
lon. his tongue atkirst for blood. and
with a roar taat brings al the galleries
T. their feet be rushes against the sword
81 the combatant.
Do YOU know how strong a stroke a
nan VII strike when his life depends
rpon the first thrust OF his blade? The
Wild beast. lame and bleeding. sinks
back toward the side Of the arena; then.
rallying his wasted strength. he comes
r. with fsrcer eye and more terrible
roar than ever. only to b. driven back
with fatal wound, while the combat
ant comes IN with stroke after stroke.
NATL the monster il dead az his feet, and
the twenty-five thousand people clap
their hands and utter a shout that makes
BE ci-y tremble.
THGHE ARE LIONS II THE WAY.
Sometime the audience came 10 see n
rae. sometimes % see gladlatOrs fight
each other. until the people. compassion
b. for the fallen. turaed their thumbs
down a. en- appeal that the vanquished
b. spared. and sometimes the combat
sss with wild beasts.
To ons o. the Roman anphitheatrical
suliences of one hundred thousand peo-
r. Paul refers whom be says. I'VE are
eomrasse3 shout with 50 great crowd
a 81 .resses' Tho direct reference IN
b. last passage Is mado 10 race, but
a. atef8 having discussed that. take
no. Paui's favorite idea q the Christian
hi as a combat.
The fact is that every Christian man
n o l1n to fight Yours IS bad TEN
D. Toe gates II tho arena have been
Ursaef aad tas tiger has come out 20
destroy y0ar s5ui. II has lacsrated you
WITH uaay q wound You have bee.
fhrown 81 { time and again. but IN the
strefeth ~ God you have arisen u drive
A. hack lvarilv believe you viii con
No.. thial that the temptation Is get
r. wer and weaker. You have
kfr.aN .Hltatf" HH'|saftHH NEtfsH tAf' NtAt-~
Fnsrs S thar IT Will die ard YOU shall b
victor. through Christ Courage. broth
en- I'o nor let the sands ~ the arena
arns taa blood If your souli
Naur bon j. tae pas son FOR strong
dr. Yau fray have coutsITdel against
q twenty yesrs. bus IS IA strong % BODY
n thuey Il tongue. You have tried
T. faae it back with broken bottle or
fmpty WINS fesk. Nayi that Is not The
vtaeou With ere horrible roar he viii
seiss Esee bY The tsroat and rend thee
hr.b from bmh Take this weapon.
sharp and keee reach up ard get it
froa Gc3's armorY the sword Il The
St4i1 Wish char theu msyest drive
Ii tsek ana ranquer'
Hat Shy pecify. when every man and
pnaan has ben O. GgHt III there b.,
e. here who bas no aesettug sin let
h. sneek eat. far Lim have offended
n4oa have nct fcsEht The len, it IS be
T3s had q