Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-10
WORD OF The LORD
Righteousness IS LIE. B., !ni-
quip . Death
WARNING TO The WICKED


tks Brooklyn fAheruacle tins ulornins
Rev. Dr. Talma,,s prcenfed an arouslnx
thsnas q TIE Iixing cizies q today sfrsxa
fruln the ta1ab q dest city Il ths past.
The opening hyian. led ~ oornet and or
gan. ~as ,,inei b. the voices q the mnl-
tll1sies
krs 20 heIa<d awake. s~skrs
PA 90 ~ ssFsazths The nat.on. .hak.
The siblsct wss ~Pumpeii and Is I.es-
sons.7 ths tsxt. Isaiah XIV. :. Thou
h..sf r1.sis q dpfeslsei city ruin-s
A Fash en- The night Shy greeted "a ~
we lsft The rxll train az Naplrs. italy.
What wzls the strange iliuminationf IL
was thAs wrath ~ many cenEaries- Fesa-
vius GAAstso q an earthquake. Intosi-
Gated faounfain Of italy. Fatberof many
conslsrnations A volcano. burning 40
lunk. sad get % keep on burning until.
perhaps. u may Be the very torch that
vii kindls the last coufsgrztion and
go Al the world on IRE. IL eclifses IN
violsnce II behavior Cofopaxi and lk.;na
sud Stro1nboli and krAkatoA- Awful
mystery. Funeral pyre q dead cities.
Everlasting paroxysEn 81 mountains. II
sesiaa iko chimney II he'll. Il ruars
with frry rrnlinisssncs % what IL has
done and with tsfesfs Of worse things
tat IL may yvt DO. l would not lire in
oBs q the villages at its base for pres
snf 4 al Italy
"a day ia December. isSi. IL threw
mp ashes that hoated away hundreds and
hundreds q miles and dropped IN Con-
stanfincPle. and In the Airiatic sea. and
ca tho Apcnninfs. a. well ~ trampling
out AZ is own foot the lives Of 1900
people. Geologisfs have tired 20 fathom
is my steriss. bat the heat consumed the
iron Instruments and drove back the
scorched snd blistered explorers from
tae cindery and c-umblinx brink. IL
seerrs like the asyium Of maniac ele-
IDsnts
Al ore time far back its top had been
q fortress. where Spartacns fought and
was surrounded and would have been
destroyed hal Il not been for the grape
vines which clothed the mounfainside
from top 20 haze. and laying hold OF
them 10 climbed hand under hand %
safety m the valley. But for centuries
II has kept rs furnace hurning a. we
saw ~ that night On our arrival ia No
vsmber % iSS0.
THE DEAD CITY.
% course thu next day we started to
So sonle Of the work wrought By that
frenzisd mountain All out for Pom
pciie' was the cry Of tho conductor. And
now W stand By the corpseo Of that dad
city. As We entered the gate and passed
between the walls I took OF my hat, as
one naturally does In the presence Of
some imposing ohseqnies. That city had
been az one time \ capital Of beauty and
romp. The home q grand architecture,
exquisite painting. enchanting sculpture.
unrcstrainef earousli and rapt assem-
blsgr. A high wall 20 feet thick. three
fourths u Il s;ili visible. encircled the
city. ca those walls at . distance Of
sely i00 yards from each other towers
rOse for armed men who watched tho
city. The streets ran az right angles
and FROM wall b wall. only one street
excepted.
Ia tls DAYS ~ tho eitys prosperity its
towers giirsered ia the sun. eight stronx
gu,tes for inxrc-s and esgress. Gate % the
s-ashorr. Gate u Herculaneum, Gate II
Nesuvius being perhaps tho most Inn
portant. N0Dder stood the Temple Of
Jupiter. hoistcd az an imposing eleva-
tion. and with ia az corinthian col
ulnns - immense girth. which stood like
carved icebergs shimncring In the light.
There stands the Temple Of the Twelve
GUlA Ionier ses the Temple Of Her
euies anil The Tcupie = Mercury. with
aitsrs ~ marble and bss-relief. wonder
I'll enough 10 ast0nni all succes,ling
a-s< a art. aai the Temple q .Escnla-
pic.. brilliant with sculpture and gOr-
gsou~ with psnting.
ieuder are The theaters, partly cut
into surrounding hill. aud giorihed with
prturrd walls. and catered under arches
- imposing masonry. and With rooms
far esptsstsd assl appiaaiAfory an-
d,snces s.ased OF standing 10 vat semi
circle 1onaer are the c.sfiv aud i'm
nlenze pnhiic baths q the city. with
naru than fhe mf-lern iBgeuaisisss n
Carlsbad Nptice the warmth ~ thoss
snsisnt tepiitrinns. with towering "a
tance e roof. ana ths vspor q those
c.li8srnllis. with decorated alcov~s. and
me e,ii dash e their fri.ri iariuns. with
fcors Il n,osaic ard ceilings u at skill
fully intermingie5 hines. and walls up
upholstered with all The c,,lors Of thu
srttsnk san. sn.i snfeson which - rrciins
Or slansler after the plunge.
railer are the barracks = The ceie-
tratet zsliatfrrs Yen3er i The sum-
ser borne - Seliusf. ths Roman histo-
nan and ssnstor. the architecture a.
sisbcrafe - his chars.ter va cssrrupt.
There - the re~i,ielce Il The Pc, Psnsa.
VITA q r6nspressei Louvre and Luxeu-
eourx eifoln as walls There i tho
konse q I.acretios. with vaees ADD an
ti4aities se,ouxh a. turn the head a a
yirtaoso. Yonder So the Forum. AZ The
h,-a,.st ptscr IN the csv Il 4 entered
~ TN triaEfphai arches Il - hoand-
- "a tbrre sdes By dcric columns.
Youisr. Us ths sabart- n the city. h
ERE hsnae - Arms fa,fnsesi. the msyor
~ tee sabaats. tsrracei residence e
hiasnalre.t.m esrtsns. fonnfained.
sfatue.l. ctiornsas.i. m cellar = thxt
villa Sled ~ifh bottls@ = rarpss wire. =
ie~ a4ors ~ which we're found SO
yesrs sf-srwarii Ahug che streets II
~ cry sfs rasn = n.l gtf ard wruaen =
teautl irsel into rrnre that many
isrtnfies Est re fewrr o. heiira. Bat
10 sesn~s eo ~si,s IN eelars which al
tale otnuot sf.se Great rity = Posa-
rsai 81 sens-as sul Iscitas add Cicsro
rr.n.snrl>asi 81
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