The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE SPIRIT OF AMITY" LAST SUM-
DAYS SUBJEcT.k
THE Barbarous People Showed Us No
Little Kindness" Acts xviii; =
- Kindness In Action. the Greatest OF
- Virtues. .satahii ..s1 t}tg
Copyright. 1901, by Louis -Kiopsch. N. VI


spirit Of aIaity and good feeling and
mentions illustriouss examples iuf that
spirit; text Acts xviii. 2. THE bar
barous people showed us no little
kindness.'ba -o -'e
Here we are on the island OF Malta.
another name for Melita.' This island,
which has always been an important
commercial center, belonging at diff
ferent times to Phoenicla, to Greece,
to Rome, to Arabia. to Spain, to
France, now belongs to England. The
area of the island is about 100 square
miles. 1t is in the. Mediterranean sea
and of such clarity of atmosphere that
Mount Aetna, 1870 miles away, can be
distinctly seen. The island is glori-
5ouslyi memorable because the Knights
of Malta for long while ruled there.
but NOSE famous because of the apos-
tolic shipwreck The hestormed YES
sci on which Paul sailed had laid
to" on the starboard tack. and the
wind was blowing east-northeast, and,
the vessel drifting probably mile and
a half an hour, she struck at what is
now called st. -Paul's bay. Practical
sailors have taken up. the. Bible &C
count and decided beyond controversy
the place Of the shipwreck. But the
island, which has so rough coast, Is
for the most part garden Richest
fruits and profusi6n of honey char
aaeterized it in Paul's time as we'll as
! now: The finest :, oranges. fgs and
@oliges grow there,,I.g, H.sis<G- 4
\ When Paul and his comrades crawlI,
ed up on the beach,: saturated" and
hungry from long abstinence f from
food and chilled to the bone, the ISL
-anders, though called barbafians, . be-,
! cause they could not :; sneak 81 Greek
opened their doors 10 the slfipwreeked
unfortunates. .. Everything had gone
to the bottom Of the deep and the
barefooted. bareheaded apostle and
ships crew were in "a condition. TO APP,
,preciate hospitality About twenty
five such men few years ago found
] in.the life station rearlEast Hampton
Long Island. They had got ashore in
the night from the sea, and not a hit
or shoe had they left. They, found
out, as Paul and his fellow voyagers
found out, that the sea is the reughest
of all robbers My text finds the ships
crew ashore on Malta and around a
hot fire drying themselves and with
the best provision the Islanders can
offer them. And they go into govern
ment quarters for three days to recu-
perate, Publius. the ruler, inviting
them. although he had severe sickness
in the house at that time. his father
down with a dangerous. Illness. Yea,
for three months they staid on the
island watching for a, ship and putting
the hospitalitiese of the islanders to, a
severe test. But it endured the test
satisfactorilyand it is recorded for alt
the ages of time and eternity to read
and hear in regard to the inhabitants
: of Malta, The barharous, people
showed us no little kindness fl4if +
I'm . a Magnificent word VIZ. - (
!! Kindness. What, al great word
that IS! 1t would take a need; as long
as, that which the apocalpyticy CANCEL
used 10 measdfe heaven toe tell, the.
olsngtb, the breadth, the, height. Of that
i.munjfcent word. IT is a, favprft9 Bible
word and it is early LAUNCHED in, the.
book of Genesis, fleaught up i'm the.
book OF Joshua, embraced lin ithsl book!
of Ruth, sworn Bytin the z book OF
SAMUEL crowned III the book ef
Psalms and enthroned in many places
insthe New Testament Kindness! a
word no more gentle than mighty. 7
expect it will wrestle me, downsbefore:
l get through with it,. 1t is strong
enough to throw an archangel. But 1t
will be well for us to- stand around.
it and warm, ourselves by its glow as.
Paul and his. fellow yoyagers stood
around the, fire on the island of Malta,
whore the Maltese made themselves
immortal in my text by the way they.
treated their victims of the sea: p 1.-THE
barbarous people showed us no. little
Kindness" es TeI -.
h Kindnessi All definitions Aof, that
rnultipotent word break down,ahalf
way. YOU say it Is clemency. be-
nightly, generosity; it is made up Of
good wishes; II, is an expression Of
,beneficence; It IS a contribution to the
happiness. of Others. Some one else
Isays. why, can give youla defni-
Z ton of kindnessy it is sunshine or the
soul; itis affection perennial. tits a
Jclimacteric grace tbs the combinatiop
of all, graces it is compassion; It is
! the perfection of gentle, manlipess and
womanliness.Y Are youcall thrpngh2
You have made a dead failure in your
definition. 10 cannot be-deffnedj rbut
We all know what 1t Is, for we have
all felt its power. Some Of you may
have felt II as Paul felt it, on some
coast of rock as the ship went 20
pieces, but more of US have again and
again in some awful stress OF life
had either from earth or heaven hands
stretched out which showed us no
little Kindness
str. The Grace of Forgiveness
But are you waiting and hoping for
some one to be bankrupted or exposed
or discomfited or in some way over