Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
HEAVENLY HELPERS.
DR.. TALMAGE breaches TO AN
IMMENSE LONDON AUDIENCE.

The Struggle Of st. Paul with Beasts AT
Ephesus Was but a Type of the strug-
gle EveHy Soul Must Have with EVIL.
Sympathizing Witnesses In Heaven.
LONDON. Sept. The great outpourings
to hear Dr. Talmage preach continue.
Probably the greatest demonstration dur
ing the past month was that at the town
hall, birmingham, when he delivered three
addresses the same evening to audiences
aggregating 10000 persons. At Sheffield,
Derby, Leicester, Exeter and Bristol also
phenomenal audiences assembled, the
most cordial welcome being everywhere
accorded him. The sermon selected for
publication this week is entitled Celestial
Sympathizers, the text being taken from
Cor XIV, 80, Il have fought with beasts
at Ephesus," and Hebrews xii, ], Seeing
we also are compassed about with so great
a cloud of witnesses"
Crossing the Alps by the Mont Cents
pass or through the Mont Gents tunnel,
you are in few hours set down at Verona.
Italy, and in few minutes begin examin-
ing one of the grandest ruins of the world
the amphitheater. The whole building
sweeps around you in a circle You stand
fought or the race run, and on all sides the
seats rise, tier above tier, until you count
forty elevations, or galleries, as [ shall see
fit to call them. in which sat the senators,
the kings and the twenty-five Thousand ex-
cited Spectators.
At the sides Of the arena and under the
galleries are the cages in which the lions
aud tigers arc kept without food, until
cd mill
let out upon some poor victim, who with !
his sword and alone is condemned TO meet |
them. | think that Paul himself once |
stood in such place, and that it was not |
1nly flguratively but literally that he had |
fought with beasts at Ephesus."
GATHERING TO THE SHOW.
The gala day has come. From all the
world the people are pouring into Verona |
Men, women and children, orators and
enators, great men and small, thousands
lpon thousands come, until the first gal
cry is full, and the second, the third, the
ourth, the fifth-all the way up to the
all the way up to the thirtieth,
II the way up to the fortieth Every place
5 filled. immensely Of audience sweeping
he great circle. Silencel The time for
he contest has come. A Roman official
aads forth the victim into the arena. Let
im-get his sword with firm grip into his
light hand. The twenty-five thousand sit
reathlessly watching. l hear the door at
he side Of the arena creak Open Out
lunges the half starved lion, his tongue |
thirst for blood, and with n roar that
rings all the galleries to their feet he
lshes against the sword of the cOmbatant.
DO You know how strong a stroke man
ill strike when his life depends upon the
rst thrust of his blade? The wild beast,
me and bleeding, sinks back toward
re side Of the arena; then, rallying his
asting strength, he comes up with fiercer
re and more terrible roar than ever, only
be driven back with a fatal wound,
lille the combatant comes in with stroke
ter stroke, until the monster is dead at
Is feet, and the twenty-five thousand peo-
e clap their hands and utter shout that !
axes the city tremble. I
the audience came to see q
ce; sometimes to see gladiators fight ;
Oh other, until the people, compassionate
r the fallen, turned their thumbs down |
an appeal that the vanquished be /
AIRED; and sometimes the combat was !,
th wild beasts. u
To one Of the Roman amphitheatrical 5
diences of one hundred thousand people o
lul refers when he says, 1--WE are com Il
ssed about with so great crowd of q
tnesses." The direct reference in the q
It passage is made to IA race: but else. h
lere having discussed that, take now "
ul's favOrite idea of the Christian life as
combat
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