Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-13
WORD OF THE LORD
Or. Talmass Finds a Lesser
N the Roman Coliseum
or GREAT lxpaEssrtslss
coa4raa u Rsns wAsa ST. Faal
Prs.eh-s Enpssss and Pea
pa AKA Gwen Over 70 Last.

wtLch taa fs1lutucs q wVfsilIern n
tfas Brooklvn Tabernacle icinsf. DIS
co1s-l froEs tie tsxs Romans 1. IS, A
an nl4.ty = pee4eh the snsPei ~ y1a
that are - no1.a sisD."
Rousg WhAs cry u wa when Paul
visited n whss . city is - now. Reuiei
TIE pis.,s whrr- Virgil sEng xsd Horace
s1flrize>I and Trr-ncs lauxhed and Cati-
lins cons, ired and ovii dr>znafised snd
N.ro 6l4-sd and Vesrzsi4n rsrs<cuied
and SuLA is.rslstat and Cicero L1rn-
derut azd Aurslias ard Dsssus and Cali
,uls zzl1 Jui-zn and Hatrtan sni Gun
stan-tfle and Augustus r'sien~i and Ps.nl
tie sEostls preached The gcspsL
/ an nct much II dr4ftainan. bit
have Ia ny memorandum book a sketch
whach male Ia tbs winter q $3.50,
when 1 wcnt ont 20 the gate throcgh
wldeh PAui entered Eozas and walked
Up tie very street he walked up - SO
soraswhat how he city must have locked
% hnn a. 10 caEae IL on the gosrsi er-
rad proposed In ths text Palaces On
slthar Elo II The street through which
the nttle missionary advanced Piled up
wsekedneea. Ertnroned accurscness.
Tsupls4 crueltics- Affairs 10 sham der
ties. Glorlfsl delusions. Plllared, arclled.
eoned. Errretei sbofninations- Wicl;e--
ness u all sorts a. high premium an
rishteousne.s 60 pr cent or. And now
~ Passes by tho foundations OF hrild-
Ing whieh Is 81 BE almost unparalleled fc-
va-tnezs. Ycu can seo by the walls.
which haso begun 10 rise, that here 4 -
be sometsing enough stupendons o. A.
tound ths CENTURIES. Aye, 4 Is The Cell
seam started.
TfrIA MONUMENTS oy SHANK.
OF the theat..r az Er.hesus where Paul
fuueht Win Wild BEASTS. the terapls 81
Dana. q ths Parthimon. Of pharaoh's
IalAce AZ Ncmphis and q other great
1alldsnes tho ruins q which havc seen
II hss tcea ray privilege 20 address you
but a member Il my family asxed me
Recently Why had rsit spoken 70 ycu OK
the Coliseum at Rome. since It's moral
aud RI. ssoos lessons ara 50 impressive.
Perhaps while IA Rome the law ~
contrast wrought upon me. | bad WIS.,
tied the Nan.eztine dungeon where Panl
WAS inczrcerAted had measured tho
opening az the top Of the dungeon
Though v hich Paul had been let down.
and IL Wa % inches BY -. The ceiling
AZ It's highest pc.nt was feet from the
focr. bit AZ the sides Of the r'oon the
ceiling was feet Z inches. The room at
the widest was IS feSt- There was = scat
q rock - feet high. There was u shelf
4 feet high The only furniture was a
spiiers web suspended from the roof,
which I saw ~ TIE torchhght l catriec.
Thars vas ire satiSrrsneous passage
from the dungeon 20 tho Roman forum,
% that tho prisoner could 10 taken d.
r~ctiy from prison % trial.
The dungeon Was butt out Of volcanic
stoD, from tia Albano mountains. Or.
is wa dismal and terrific placa You
never saw coal hole SO dark or ~ for
hi.1lng. Tie Place was to me nervous
shock. for remembered that vas the
t-.< fffax that tho world would afford
the NEST ulustri0us beng. EXCEPT one.
that IL ever saw. and that from thst
place Paul went cot u de-. Prom thEi
spot I visited TIE Coliseum--cne q.
tho most astounding miracles q archi-
te..turs Tat the wcrld ever saw. Ii.
decd ! saw i morning neon aila nlsns.
for u threw . spell On me from which
conld nct break away.
Although row ves- ruin. tho Coll
srunl Is - well pssscrved that We car
st..t.l r. the crrtrr and recall al that 4
once VS. Il isin shAre eilipsoidal. oval.
otlnns. TIA e ifs greatest ien<'h c.
fees After 70 bad feraished 0eefs n
s. On reorieit ha rle1n fer 1900 raoTs
- stsnf. - th4f f1a 0f1 people could ~
and staed trsnsfxei y it. eccn,s q
courage and msrtyrlora and brutality
and horror.
lnxensd 4 err modern tickets q I'd --.is
sion. thay en.ersd ~ VERY chocx. ard .
check dag up near Rcrnc within g fev
was was marked, section 8 L9wesa
Ter. seat No. ~" You unaersifr,i tha
tte tniiiing was not constructed for a.
anaI.a-s 10 ce addressed ~ hnnaa Voice
ala.a1rn tssted Il v1rh some i-ier4
"a cl1ald 20 kea-1 across Il, but 1t "a
fa.,s eely far sseinx aid uss csnsulaT
an1 81 sav pe.Et allowed fuI yiew @
r.e sgertsee
1E.rF,~ra or cifrErrT.
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vas etrr~r r.fh rcant.-si stone OF ssnt
- ~ rst - ~ 40 sspgery with human
bleed. for Il it we're foo rhppsry !
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kere ard tsere ~iib sparkse - silve
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Csaxsl1 atdrl cbfysscol.a. 7fla side
- 10 arena xers ccraDcssd - snl'ot'
marble Ia FEET high. So that ths VII
bssets ~ ~ arena eoaii not ckrab a
into tha assitsnos. IN fhs top Ct tsss
si1ss - smosth r.srtss sas = usts3 RAJ
fE4. tesssax wooden rs,lisrs. whseh sasill
rsvof~ed. - ibes r . F~athsr sboui.
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