Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-20
WORDOF THE LORD
The Rev. Taimage breaches
Sermon
IN The BROOKLYN TABERNACLE
Sho~sng the Necessity sos Bazat ard
Piozs Lives n Tas WoSlc q Care
and sorrow

Enx1az1, Scotland. IrelAoc and Sweden
Before vizi<iag Sweden Oh. Talmage
viii 20 10 Russia. there 70 witness the
rscspflaa AMI disposition of'the cargo Of
brsadstuffs on board The Christian Her
aid relisf steamship Leo, which sailed
lasE week for ST. Petersburg. P.svious To
h1s departure 10 dictated 20 his stsnog-
rzpheF the following farewell sermon.
- be read b. the vast and widaay scat
ssrea audlsnces whom II Is his weekly
privilege 10 address through the medium
q tns newspaper press. He took his
tart froln IL rIlsothy iy, q, The time
e my departure sat hand"
DepA<tnxel That's . word used only
twice Ia al ths Bibie. But IL 70 - word
Often usrd N tbs courtroom and rneanz
ths assertion Ok one course Of pleading
for another. Is il used IN navigation 10
dmcribs the distance between two me-
yi31Ans passing through the exrreEalties
ETA course. lt Is a word have recent
b heard applied TO my departure from
America to Europe for a preaching tour
10 last until September. In q smaller
and less significant sense than that i'm
plis,a In ths text can say. The time Of
ny departure Is at hand
Through che printing press l address
this sermon 10 my readers ali the world
over. aud whom they read IL l viii be
w11ocean, and unless something new
happess Ia my marine experiences viii
- IN no condition To preach. But how
. boz
aRlsed to exchange Of continents as
when applied TO exchange Of worlds as
when Paal wrote. The time Of my de-
parture IL al hand"
Now departure implies . starting
place and place Of destination When
Paui LES this world, what was the start
ing point2 IL was . scene Of great phys
Teal Distress. IL was the rullianurn. the
bower dungeon Of the Mamertine prison.
Rome. Italy. The top dungeon was bad
enough. is having no means Of ingress
or sgress bat through an opening IN the
top. Through that the prisoner was
lowered. and through that came all the
food and AIR and light received. Ii was
. terrible place. that upper dungeon;
but the Tullnnum was the lower dun
geon, and that was still more wretched.
the only light and the only air coming
through the roof. aud that roof the foor
Of the upper dungeon That was Pauls
last earthly residence.
was in that lower dungeon in No
venber, 1853. 1t Is made Of volcanic
stone. I measured it. and from wall TO
wall 10 was fifteen feet. The highest Of
the roof was seven feet from the floor
aud the lowest of the roof FIVE feet seven
inches. The opening In the roof through
which Paul was lee down was three feet
wide. The dungeon has q seat Of rock
two and half feet high and shelf Of
rock four feet high. IL was there that
Paul spent his last days on earth. and it
Is there that see him new. in the fear
ful Dungeon. shivering. blue with the
cold. waiting for that old overcoat which
he had sent for up to Troas and which
they had not yet sent down, notwish-
standing he had written for IL.
TIE DUNGEON or ST. PAUL
II some skillful surgeon should 60 into
that dungeon where Paul is incarcerated
ws might find out what are the pros
pects of Paufs living through the rough
imprisonment Ia the FIRST place he is
an old man, Only two years short OF sew
enty. At that very tine whan he most
needs the warmth. ard the sunlight, and
the fresh AIR he Is shutout from the sun.
What are those scars on his ankles?
Why. thoee were got whsn be was fast,
his Net Il the stocks. Every time he
turned the hash en- his ankles started.
What srs those scars on his back? You
know be was whipped Eve TINES, each
true gscting thirry-nins strokes--oas
handx~d and nincty-fva>bruises on the
back count therrD made by the Jews
with rods Of elrnwcod. each one OF the
ono hundred and ninety-dve strokes
bringing the blood.
lock st PaaI's face and look at his
srsnS Where did hs'get those bruises?
think IL was wh,.n. be Was struggling
ashore amid shs'susr sxsdssimbers Of the
shivwrsck- see grsh IN Psurs side.
Where did he get sfmfs think he got
thai In the tassls with highwsymen. for
be had BEEN Ia peril of robbers and he
had mOoey 81 ais own. II. was q mo
chaaic as well ~ an apostle, snd think
the tents be made were as good a. his
sermons.
There b. wanness about Paul's looks
What makes that l tank q part Of
that csr,r fror, the fact that ne was for
tw~nsy-feur hours on q plank in tbs
Mediterranean sea. suTfiag terribly.
befors be was rescued, FOR 10 ss.ys posi-
tiv~ly. II was = night sad dog IN the
deep" Oh. worn one, ennsisfed old
msaf sursav yca mnF b. rnelancholy:
no constitution coubd euSurr rs and b.
chss<ful. sas press ~ wsy through
the .pz1upn sntilf to where
M =, nrf ~ ne fsips sTtshas streams
thrpoxh she sp~ssaz fsss On his face =
spyurunnreisey. and z esv tefrs him.
ard ] say, ''hu~d men. how can yoa
keap csesrsol arid al shis gIoomT' His
veiee sfzrssRs ste darkness Il the place
e. Ls crsrs cut. ~Earn new rsady TO b
o4srei. sad shs tixss ~ my aersrsare Is
&C hnn<I~
Har<f ws><ss v that ehof7inx Of feet IN
tAs upoer aunsesns Why, Paul has an
in~lss<isn N . hsnqws ard he IL going
- dine hrisy Nth tue hing. Those
shnfyisnx ssss are The feet Of The execn-
tseners. fhey esse, and they cry down
tIsrengh. she hole ef TIE dsngeon. "Hnr-
~ NJ. cid rRsn. Cerne now. GET yonr-
seif re>ty~ why Paul wss ready. Hs
had noshfss to rsck I'D. Hs had no bag
gzssss tAke. he esd bs~r ready good
wale. ! go h,m rising up. snd straight
eninx sut hrs iushs. and pushing ssck