Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-03-28
REV. DIR, TALMAGE
THE BEOONLYS DIVINE'S SUNs
DAY SERMON.
Subject: ''Unappreciated Services

TEXT: "T7trough a ,otndo,r, IN 1aste,
tras lei do'gH by tie todA IL Corinthians
yi.. 80.
Damascus is a city OF white and glistening
architecture sometimes called "the eye otthe
East" sometimes called "a pearl surround
pl by emeralds," at one time distinguished
for swords OF the best material, called Da-
rnascus blades, and upholstery Of richest
fabric, called damasks.
\ hOrsaman OF the name Of Paul. riiins
toward this city. had been thrown from the
saddle. The horse had dropped under &
fash from the sky. which at the same time
vas so bright it blinded the rider for many
DAYS, and think 50 permanently injured mis-
ryesight that this defect OF vision became the
thorn IN tine flesh hs aftsrwari speaks oi.
ITe started for Damascus TO butcher Chris
tiaus. but after that hard fall from his horse
he was changed man and preached Christ
in Damascus till the city was shaken to ts
Foundation.
The mayor gives authority for his arrest
and the popular cry il 'kill himl XII
him :! The city IS surrounded by 4 hig 0
wall. and the gates are watched by the polio
lest tine Ciu-ign preacher escape. Many {
the houses arc built on the wall, and the.
balconies projected clear over and hOyere
above the gar lens outside. Il was custOndr.
10 lower baskets out Of these balconies IN,
pull up traits and flowers from the gar len,
=
Mount Sinai are lifted and let down in bas
kers.
Detectives p55w-al around from house {,
nOUsg looking Tor Paul, hut his friends 81.
him. now I'm one place, now in another. Ha
is no coward, as fifty incidents OF his lie
demonstrate. But h5 feels his work is mo-,
done vt, AMI so he eTadcs assassination.
SIS that preacher barel' the fOaming mot
shout ut one house door, as that fanatic
herey" the police shout nj another house
door. Sometimes on the street incognito he
passes through a crowd Of clenched fists, and
some.Im-s he serretes himself on the house
tops. At ia=t the iniuriated people get or
sure track of him.
They have positive evidence that he is IL
the house OF one OF the Christians, the bal
COuy Of whose home reaches over the wall.
"Here be isl Here he is :" Tue voctfera-
ton and biIEphemy and how,in- Of the pUr-
sunrs are g- tho front door. They break in.
"Fnt.h out that gOSpelizsr and Let us hang
H.s head on tLs city gate. Where is hel'
The emergency was terrible. Proviientiaily
there was good stout basket in the hOusa.
PauIs friends fasten n rope TO the basket
Paul steps into il. The basket is lifted tC
the edge Of the balcony on the wall, ami
then while Pau. holds on TO the rope with
both han is his friends lower away. carefully
and cautiously. slowly, but surely, farther
down and farther down, until the basket
strikes the earth and the apostle steps on
missionary tour. the story OF which has a--
tpUj-I.l earth ami heaven. Appropriate enc
Try in IEu'S diary of travels, "rhrOu-h
window, Ia basket, was / let down by The
wall"
Observe first on what slender tcnrr,
great results hang. The rDp.maker VIC
twi-tai That cord fastened TO that IOwerin :.
basket never knew how much would depeni
ON tine str-us 9Th pl it. How il it had been
broken, anithe apostles life had been dashed
Ou'2 What would have become Of the Chris
ugn Church? All that magnificent mission
airy work in Pamphylia, Cupadoaia, GaIatia,
Macedonia, would never have been accom-
p.i-lel. All his writings that make up 50
Indispensable and enchanting n part OF the
New Testament wDIIl never have been
written. The story Of resurrection would
never have been so glOriOU~iy told as he told
it. That example oil heroic AMI triumphant
endurance mt IHiEirni, in the Naitrrrauoln
'urDslyloH. under hg-allati0n ami at his b.
E"atlus would not have Ein3loi the courage
oil lO.tyJ mGrtyr.Oms. But the rope holiiu.
that basket, how much depended on IL! Sc
again and again great results have hung on
what seemed slender circumstances.
Did ever ship OF many thousand ton.
crossing the sea have such important pgs-
scnEar as had once a boat OF leaves, from
iaIratl to stern only three or four feet. the
vessel made waterproof by q coat OF bitumsn
and floating on the Nile with the infant law
giVnr of the jews on LoarlY What if soma
crocodile should crunch it? What If some
OF the cattle waliug in for 4 drink should
sink It2 Vessels OF war sometimes carry
forty guns looking through the portholes,
ready 10 open battle. But that tiny craft on
the Nile En..US TO he armed with all the guns
or thunder tHat homh9rlel Sinai n the law
giving. on how frr=fl, craft sailed Low
much OF historical importance.
The pur-Iug-s at Epw0rth. ENGLAND IS OIL
HF' IN ne Li-It' am the father rlsla
lltnA-A t-h H1u"aE Tor the rescue OK I'M.
children seven children are ou- and safe
on inc -r7En J, but one remains ln tine con-
-tn.-f lA.. i-L-. mat one wakes. aud iiGI-
.n- Ai7 "'l on IRE and the building rrung-
Nu.r comes 10 lAr WlutoW' auIt Two peasants
MAKE ia.iN"r OF their bodies, on" peas gut
5.tulIhT on the s1ouiHer OF the o.h'r. and
down tna human ladder the boy descends-
|'hh e5-'E- IL You womb know how much
"rp'u-'i en- lhlt adder OF peasants, ask the
h'lli1-7 ot H'tH' lists on uOth sides OF the
sen ASK JI".F WIs7.Nn stations all round
the word. ASK the nun ired5 OF thousands
air E .s. a.H' t' E'.n their founder, who
MHt.l 'I.s. l.r-"rt uu- Tor the living stair
o. I..7 r'L." rs.
: l-....~a snip stopped at Pitcairn island
am r.-t. lh iN' H''-, %. surrounding cannt-
'''.. ..7.' an. 7'i'i.'F NHe passengers discOv.
tE.t D-E.-tlah cp'gny OF churches and
7.hoo.a "At i'huli.dl homns ana highest
style %. E.'.-ioA and CIVILIZATION. For fifty
years no l.l57. .onary ami no Christian indu'
Gh't Aal landed taere Why this oasis o.
'-E-t anna fl desert OF A'athenIom? Sixty
E,tI- s.'I' r. snip IA. met NisaSter, an I 'u=
OF lN' 7aloE-, unable to save anything else,
went 10 t.- -il1S "RHt2oN out a Bible winch
aus i-'It.t Ltb H,4.'A th"fe anu swan
ashore, i-H Bible G'.d IN his teeth.
Inc "91l Us .+ read on all sides until tht
rough #nl vicious population were evau.ri-
l-ti- an. a c.-l1l was started, and an IN
"7 .-. com. nlN't.lh e7ttnllshel, ,anN the