The Progress., 1894-03-17


MoruE. Ala, March iS-kev'
, I. Dewitt Talmagr, D. d., VINO IS no"
visiting the south ha, selected as the
subject of to-day sermon, u naPpre-
ciared Services" The text beng taken
from Cor II X&Niit through
window, in basket was let GOWN
by the wall"
Damascus isa city Of white ana gus
tenng architecture sometimes c",.eo
THE eye OF the east sometimes c".'eo
"a pearl surrounded by cmeraIdS, at
one time distinguished Tor SWORDS u
the best material called Damascus
blades, and upholstery OF rlehe't i"or'c
called damasks. A horSemah ny INC
name of Paul, riding toward IniS c,vy' |.
had been thrown from thc Sauo'e'
The horse had dropped uh"er " '"H''
from the sky, which ut the same t'lle
was so bright it blinded inc r'oo' lo'
many days, and think 50 permanent
ly injured his eyesight that inns ue'
feet of vision became 'he morn III vro
flesh he aftcrward speaks OF, lie
started for Damascus to butcher '"E's,
tians, but after that hard taIl from MS
horse he was changed man ana
preached Christ in Damascus tlll 'he
city was shaken to its foundations
The mayor gives authority lor ms
arrest, and the popular cry IS hlll
him! Kill him. The city Is sur
rounded by, a high wall ana the gateS
are watched by the police lest the
Cilicl3Fn preacher escape Many OF 'ne
houses are built on the wall anu V'ie'
balconies projected clear over ana
lowered above the gardens o"'Si"e,
1t was customary to lower baskets out
of these balconies and pull up lru'.S
and flowers from the gardens 10 'nls
day visitors at the monastery OF mount
Sinai are lifted and let down Al
baskets. Detectives prowled AROUND
from house to house looking Tor raul
but his friends hld5him now IN ONO
place, now in another lie Is no
coward as fifty incidents IN MS NE
demonstrate But he feels his WORK Is
not done yet, and so he eVaoeS aSSas,
sination. SIS that preacher hereF
the foaming mob shout at one house
door. rs that fanatic mere inc
police shout at another house door
Sometimes on the street incognlto ne
passes through a crowd OF clencheo
fists, and sometimes he secretes nm
self on the house-top@ AT last the
Infatuated populace get7h sure tracF
of him. They have positive evidence
that he is in the house OF one OF tine
Christians, the balcony OF whose nouns
reaches over the wall mere i'o 10
Here he ISL The yociferatloh ah'
blasphemy and bowling OF the Pur
suers are at the front door ihe'
break in. Fetch out that gospel'=er
and let us hang his head on the GU.
gate. Where is he" The emergenc,
was terrible. Providentially there wa
a good stout basket In the mouse
Paul's friends fasten rope 10 I'll
basket. Paul steps INTO IT, Inc oaS
lxet is lifted to the edge OF the oaleon
on the wall and then whlle fanl hoio
'on to the rope with both hanos Ill
friends lower away, carefully ana cat
tiously, slowly but surely 1urtne
.uown and further down. uhtll III
basket strikes the earth ana I'll
apostle steps out and afoot ana alon
starts on that famous missionary tou1
the story of which has astonisheo cart
and heaven. Appropriate entry
Pauls diary of travels: Through
window in basket was | leu cow
by the wall ="
Observe, first, on what slender tel
ire great results hang. The rop'
maker who twisted that cord fastene
to that lowering basket never hh ',
how much would depend on u
b strength of it. How II IL nao DEE
n broken and the apostle lie had oe'
dashed out? What would nave .
Mcome of the CHRISTIAN church'
that magnificent missionary work
Pamphylia, Cappadocia, ealatia' MAC
''sss donia, would never have been accol
plished. All his writings that make
so Indispensable and enchanting pa