Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-26
s0VPEII'S DESTRUCTION
shes a Theme for a Sermon
by Rev. Dr.. Talmage.
,,,. h, the Corpse of Dead city-The
10, Was wrought by the Burn
,nv Volcano Lesson Drawn From
Walk Through the
Buried City.

.,.d an arousing theme of the living
a.. If to-day drawn from the toni
1, dad city Of the past. The subjec
4. oPompeii and Its Lessons" th'
:, chosen being Isaiah XIV, 2
|rhop hast made of defenced city
FuiD"
fash on the night sky greeted u'
|, We left the rail train at Naples
H. What was the strange illumi
f.son2 It was the wrath of many
.,,uries-Vesuvius. Giant son of an
I,,,bouake. intoxicated mountain OF
Inn Father of many considerations.
I rolcano, burning so long, and yet to
|..D on burning until, perhaps, it may
/ H. very torch that will kindle the
"A conaagration and set al the world
Are II eclipses in viole nee of be-
N,,ior Cotopaxi and Htna and Strom-
! 4 and Krakatoa. Awful mystery.
5,sral pyre of dead cities. Everlast-
,mroxysm of mountains. II seems
sschimney of hell. 1t roars with
W. reminiscence of what it has done,
,jvith threats of worse things that
nav DO would not live in one of
rllages at its base for a present of
<BDaly On a day in December, 1881,
/ threw up ashes that floated away
Iupjreds and hundreds of miles, and
wued in Constantinople and in the
Brstic sea and on the Apennines, as
Nj as trampling out at its own foot
ELVES Of eighteen thousand people.
Biologists have tried to fathom its
rseries, but the heat consumed the
b instruments and drove back the
rched and blistered explorers from
cindery and crumbling brink. 1t
ems like the asylum of maniac ele-
Iuts Al one time far back its top
been a fortress, whe re Spartacus
lght and was surrounded, and would
lVe been destroyed had it not been
The grape vines which clothed the
iuntain side from top to base, and
jying hold OF them he climbed hand
bier hand to safety in the valley.
liior centuries it has kept its fur
be burning as we saw it that night
our arrival in November of 1889.
IGtourse the next day we started to
some Of the work wrought by that
aied mountain. "All out for Pom
" was the cry of the conductor.
linow we stand by the corpse of that
sd city. As we entered the gate
passed between the walls, | take
ny hat as one naturally does in the
ssnce Of some imposing obsequies.
lat city had been at one time a
paOf beauty and pomp, the home
grand architecture, exquisite paint
enchanting sculpture, unrestrained
pusl, and rapt assemblage. A high
NJ twenty feet thick, three-fourths
tstill visible, encircled the city. On
os walls at distance of only one
nlred yards from each other, towers
for armed men who watched the
The streets ran at right angles
rom wall to wall, only one street
Hpied. In the days of the city's
p'perlty, its towers glittered in the
e'gAt strong gates for ingress and |
eSs, tate Of the Sea Shore, Gate of |
icuiaheun, Gate of Vesuvius, being |
maps The most important. Yonder
!" lne temple Of Jupiter, hoisted at
imposing elevation, and with its six
l'nlan columns of immense girth,
"a STOOD ike carved icebergs. SHIN
'lg IN the light There stands the
lpie o. The Twelve Gods. Yonder
'le temple of Hercules, and the
pe Of Mercury, with affairs of
Os and bas-r elief, wonderful |
~ 70 astoand all succeeding ages
and the Temple of Esculapius.
'au. WIN sculpture and gorgeous
painting. Yonder are the thea
party cut down into surrounding
alu glorlhed with pictured walls
-'''eu under arches of imposing
wy and with rooms for capti-
anu explanatory audiences.
VI standing, in vast semi-circle.
II afe The costly and immense
Oa'ns Of the city. with more
Wy MODERN ingenuitIes of Carls-
Nouee the warmth of those an
puariums with lowering radi-
i0oi' and the vapor of those
' ,l with decorated alcoves and
al uash Of their frigidariums.
.a, az Oh mosaic, and ceilings of
,L llly lntermingled hues, and
~. mustered with all the colors of
sun and sofas on which to
a,umber after the plunge.
~ the barracks of the cele-
s'4llators 1onder is the sum
~ OF Sallnst, the Roman his
.-1 senator, the architecture as
= ms character was corrupt.
A'e residence of the poet Pan
compressed Louvre and Ink
within its walls. There is the
--e'etlus, with vases and an
enough to turn the head of a
londer see the Forum. AT
~. place Of the city. Its en-
'"o tFiumphal arches. 1t IS
y ~ three sides by Doric col
a tOlaer' in the suburbs of the
- nome of Arrius Diomed. the
'ne suburbs, terraced resi-
,ss olllionairedom, gardens.
statued. colonnaded the
mat villa filed with bottle
vine. a few dro,,s -,