The Grenada sentinel., 1894-06-16
DANGERS OF DELAY.
,.v DR.. Talmage's Discourse ON
aThe Excited Governor"

NTh0 EXC1C0Q 0OVeruOT.
-. Dangers Of Defsrring the Accept
.nee Of Christ Portrsyed-Now 10
the Accepted Time; Now 10 the
Day Of Salvation.
The following discourse ON 1.-THE Ex
tod Governor" was selected by Rev. T,
nsW;tt Talmage, who Is en- route acrosa
.he Pacific, for his reading congrega.
.;on this week. It is based ON the text;
r.,ix trembled. and answered. Go thy way
~. ,his time; when have . convenient SEQ.
=" .On I viii call for thee Acts xiv. ss
A city of marble was Cesarea-
vharyes of marble, temples Of marble.
Th;s being the ordinary architecture o1
tbe place, you may imagine something
of the splendor Of Gov. Felix's resi-.
Sence. In room Of that palace, floor
tssse]ated, windows curtained, ceiling
t.etted. the whole scene aflluent with
Tvrian purple, and statues, and pic
TIRES, and carvings, sat very dark
complexioned man by the name Of
Felix. and beside him q woman Of ex-
traordinary beauty, whom he had
stolen by breaking up another domestic
circle. She was only eighteen years Of
noe. q princess by birth and unwitting-
" Visiting for her doom-that of being
Iuried alive in the ashes and scoriae Of
Mount Vesuvius, which in sudden
ERUPTION, one day, put an end to her
nominations. Well, one afternoon
Drusilla, seated in the palace, weary
with the magnificent stupidities of the
nlace. SAYS to Felix: "You have very
distinguished prisoner, believe, by the
name Of Paul. Do you know he is one
otmy countrymen? l should very much
like to see him, and I should very much
like to hear him speak, for have heard
so much about his eloquence. Besides
that, the other day, when he was being
tried in another room of this palace, and
the windows were open, heard the ap-
plause that greeted the speech Of Law
yer Tertullus, as he denounced Paul.
Now, very much wish l could hear
Paul speak. Won't you let me hear
him speak?" "Yes." said Felix, 81 will.
will order order him up now from
the guard ROOM" Clank. clank,
comes chain up the marble stairway,
and there is shuttle at the
door, and in comes Paul, lit
tie, old man, prematurely old
through exposure-only sixty years
of age, but looking as though he
were eighty. He bows very courteously
before the governor and the beautiful
woman by his side. They say: paul,
we have heard great deal about your
speaking; give us now specimen Of
your eloquence." Oh! if there ever
was chance for q man to show off,
Paul had a chance there. He might
have harangued them about Grecian
art, about the wonderful water works
he had seen at Corinth. about the
Acropolis by moonlight, about prison
life in Philippi, about "what saw in
TLessalonica, about the mythologies:
but Nor Paul said to himself: II
am now on the way to martyrdom, and
this man and woman will soon be dead,
and this is my only opportunity to talk to
them about the things Of eternity" And
just there and then there broke in
upon the scene peal Of thunder. 1t
was the voice of judgment day,
speaking through the words of the de-
crepit apostle. As that grand old mis-
Fionary proceeded with his remarks the
stoop begins to 60 our of his shoulders,
and he rises up. and his countenance is
illumined with the glories Of a future
life, and his shackles rattle and grind
Hs he lifts his fettered arm, and with it
hurls upon his abashed auditors the
bolts Of Gods Indignation. Felix grew
very white about the lips. His heart
beat unevenly. He put his hand to his
brow, as though to stop the quickness
and violence Of his thoughts. He
drew his robe tighter about him.
as under a sudden chill. His
Eyes glare and his knees shake, and, as
he clutches the side of his chair in q
very paroxysm of terror, he orders the
sheritf to take Paul back to the guard
'oom. Felix tremblcd, and said: go
,hy way for this time; when / have a
season will call for thee"
\ young man came one night to our
'ervices, with pencil in hand, to carl.
,ature the whole scene, and make mirth
II those who should express any anx-
ETY. about their souls; but met him
It the door, his face very white. tears
unning down his cheeks, as he said:
DO you think there is any chance for
ne?' Felix trembled, and so may God
rant it may be so with others.
lpropose to give you two or three
easons why think Felix sent Paul
ack to the guard-room and adjourned
his whole subject Of religion. The
rst reason was, he did not want to
i've up his sins. lie looked around;
here was Drusilla. He knew that
'hen he became Christian he must
end her back to Azizus, her lawful
and he said to himself; Il
'ill risk the destruction of my immor- ,
ii soul sooner than l will do that" ,
low many there are now who can not ,
ct to be Christians because they will :
OF abandon their sins! In vain all 1
1eir prayers and all their church !
DING. You can not keep these darling
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