REV. DR. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Broo
day Sermon.
Fubject: “The The of Departure.”
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TEXT: “The time of "Hy
hand."-11 Timotny IV. 4
Departure! That is a worl used only
twice in all the Bibla, But it 1s a word olten
used iu the courtroom ani ears the
desertion of one couse of pleading 1or an-
other. I: is used in havigation to describe
the distance between two meridians passing
through the extremities of a course, It is a
word § bave recently heard applied to my
departure from America to Europe for a
preaching tour to last until September, In
a smaller and less significant sense than that
implied in the text I can say, “The time of
my departure is as hand.”
Through the printing press I address this
sermon to my readersall the world over, and
when they read it | will ba in mi locean, and
unless something new happens in my ma-
rine experiences I will be in no condition to
preach. But how unimportant the word de-
parture when applied to exchange of conti-
nents as when applied to exchange of worlds
as when Paul wrote, “The time of my de-
parture is at hand.’
Now departure implies a starting place
and a place of destination. When Pau! left
this world, what was the starting point? It
Was a scene of great physica: distress, It
was the Tulilanum, the jower dungeon of
the Mamertine prison, Rome, Italy. The top
dungeon was bad enocugo, it having no
means of ingress or egress but through an
opening m the top. Throuzh that the pris-
ouer was lowered, and tbrouzh that came
all the food and air and light received. It
was a terrible place, tbat upper duugeon,
but the Tullianum was the lower dungeon,
and that was still more teched, the only
light and the only air comin Zz through tne
roof, and that roof the floor of the upper
dungeon. That was Paud's last earthly res-
idence, .
1 was in that lower dungeon in November.
1386, It is made of voleanie stone, I meas.
ured it, and from wall to wall it was fifteen
feet. The highest of the roo
or
leparture is at
was seven {eet
Crom the ficor and the lowest cf the roof five
feet seven inches. The pening in roof
through which Paul was let down was three
feet wide. The dungeon has a seat of rock
two and a half feet high and a shelf of rock
four teet high. 1 re that Paul spent
his last days on « is toere thas I
see him now, int ungeon, shiver
ing, blue or that old
overcoat ) 7 10 Troas
and which they lown, note
withstanding rit,
If some y into that
dungeon t
might find out
‘aul’s living
ment. In the
the
old man,
: At thas
very time when he vat od warmt
and the sunli
out ix
fis ankles?
was fast, his feet
be turned ti
What are those sca
Enow he was whipped
getting thirty ‘
pinety-five ba
made wi
$ the 1,
r he is shut
ara those sca
we Ire
tag fresh al
m the rs on
when he
nines str
alae iro
Was
the
ingeon, and
if execution
nan, or you
ear. Hurry
Paul,
aiees
ey say
feel the w ht Our sg
along.”
have to travel? bres
miles is a good way id man to trave
after he bas been whipped and crippled with
aitreatment. But they soon get to the
place of execution—Acque Saivia—and be
1s lastenea to the pillar of martyrdom, It
does not take any strength So Sie him last,
He makes no resistance
O Paul: why not now strike for your
life? You have a great many triends here,
With that withered band just launch tas
thundertoit ot the people upon those ine
famous soldiers, No! Paul was not going
to interfere with wis own coronation. He
was 100 giad to go. I see aim jooking up
in the iace bis executioner, and, as the
grim cfficial draws the sword, Paul calmiy
says, "A am now ready 10 be offered, and
the time of my departure is at hang, Bus
1 put tuy band over my eves | want nos 10
fee that last struggle. One snarp, keen
stroke, and Paul does gn to the banquet
and Paul does dine with the King. 2
What a transition it was’ From the ma.
Jaria of Rome tothe finest climates in all the
universe—the z of eternal beauty and
health, Hisashes wore pu” in tis catacombs
of Rome, but in one moment the air of
heaven bathed from his sou last ache
From shipwreck, ’
biting pain of the elmwood r wis, fron thas
sharp sword of the headsaian, ha gos ats
the most brilliant assenblaze of § MY, A
king among kine, muititu les of the sain.
hood rushinz out and strate ping forth by 14
of welcome, for | do really think
the right hand of Goi is Christ,
right hani of hrist is Paul,
great in heaven,
He changed kings likewise.
hour of deuth and us to the last
was under Nero, tae thick-necke 1, the erusk
eyed, the filthyv-lippe | and scalotured fos-
tures of that man brinzing down to us this
very day the horrible possibilities of his
nature—seited as he was among picture {
marbles of Ezypt. under a roof atoraed
with mother-of-pearl, in a dining-room
which by machinery was kept whirling da
and night with most 1
MAF S we
Ok
rye
tha
fr
taat
5
ths
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thy
secon t
an
moment he
gold. and the grounds around his palacs
been bedaubed with tar and pitch and then
set on fire to illumine the darkness, Tha
was Paul's king.
But the next moment he goes into thy
Fealn of Him whost reign is love, nnd
whoss courts ars paved with love, and whos
throve is set ou pillars of love, ani whoss
Scepter 1s adorned with jewels of love, ana
whose palace is lighted with love, and whos
lifetime is an eternity of Jove, When Paul
was leaving so much on this side the pillar
of martyrdom to gain so much on the other
side, do you wonder at the cheerful valedie-
tory of the text, *‘[he time of my departure
is at hand”
Now, why cannot al! the old people hava
that aged man had?
the same holy glee ns
Charles I, when he was combing his hair,
found a gray hair, and hs sent it to the
quesn as a great joke; but old aze is reilly
no joke at all. For the last forty years you
have been dreading that waich ‘ought to
have been an exhilaration. You say you
most fear the struggle at the moment tho
soul and body pat. But millions have en-
dured that momeat, and may not we as
t and %0 can
well? through with
3a They got throug
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last moment—not so much pain as tas pricg
of a pin, the seeming signs of distress being
altogether involunt ary. Bat you say, “lt
is the uncortainty of the future.” "Now,
child of God, do not play the inddel, After
God has filled the Bibte til it can hold no
more with stories o. the gool things ahead,
better not talk about uncartainties,
I remark again, ail those ought to feel
this jov of the text who have a holy curios
ItV to know what 18 peyvond this earthly ter
minus. And who has not any curiosity
about it? Paul, I suppose, had the most sat-
isfactory view of heaven, and he says It
doth not yet appear what we shall be.”
ix like looking throuzh a broken telescope,
**Now we ses throuzh a glass darkly.” Can
you tell me anything about that heavenly
place? You ask me a thousand questions
about it that I cannot answer,
thousand questions about it that you cannot
apswer, And do you wonder that Pau! was
#0 glad when martyrdom gave him a chance
to go over and make discoveries th that
blessed country?
I hope some day, by the grace of God, to
go over and see for myself, but not now,
No well man, no prossered man, 1 think,
wants (0 go now, pus toe time will come,
I think, when 1 shall go over, I want to see
whist they do there and I waut to ses how
they doit, I do not want to be looking
through the gates ajar forever. I want
them to swing wide open. There ars tea
thousand things I want explained--about
vou, about mysslf, about the governmentof
this world, about God, about everything,
Columbus risked his life to find this con-
tinent, and shali we snudder to go out on a
vovage of discovery which shall reveal a
vaster and more brilliant country? John
Franklin risked his life to fln{ a passage
between icabergs, and shall we dread to find
a passage to eternal summer? Men in
Switzerland travel up the heights of the
Matterhorn with alpenstock ana guides and
rockets and ropes, and getting hail wav up
stumble and fall down in a horrible mas
sacre. They just wanted to say they had
been on the tops of those high peaks, Aud
shall we fear to go out for the ascent of the
eternal hills which start a thousand miles
beyond where stop the highest peaks of the
Alps when in that ascent 5 no peri y
A man doomed to die stepped on the
scaffold and said in joy, "Now in tea min-
utes I will know the zreat secret.” Une
minute after the vital functions ceased th»
little child that died last nignt knew more
than Jonatuan Edwards or 5t. Paul himself
Datars hs die Friends, the exit from thi,
world, or call it, &«
the Christian is “Xpianation
it den lilumioation,
18 pening of all to
Lechism
thera
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a
m. In
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ier and |
¥ taien
nony anith
maven. | say
that admiration
as He uttered the
finished
until the stors
bre pat dow; y
the Divige Narrat
story is done, and thes at tap
baton, the eternal sstra will rons up
finger ou string of harp, and to the
mouth of trampet, there shall roll forth the
oratorio of the Messiah, “Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain to receive blessing and
riches and honor and glory and power, world
without end ™
WY hat He endared, oh, who can tell,
To save our soqus from desth and hell!
When there was between Paul and that
magnificent Personage only the thinoess of
the sharp edge of the sword of the execu
toner, do you wonder toat he wanted to go?
Oh! my Lord Jesus, let wave of that
glory roll over us! Hark! [ hear the wei
ding bells of heaven ringing now. The
marriage of the Lamb has come, and
the Dbride hath made herself ready.
And now for a little while
good by. I have no morbid
feeling about the future. But if anything
should happen that we never mest again in
this world, let us meet whers there are nc
partiogs. Our friendships have been delight
ful on earth, but they will be more delightful
in heaven. And now I commend you to Go
and the word of His grace, which is able t¢
build us up and give an inheritance among
all them that are sanctified.
eves fixed «
until the
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Many idioms
gEuUage
“man,
of the
possess a striking
esque significance,
English lan-
and pictur.
which from long
ind constant use is often lost sight
Occasionally, however, unusual
association brings it out with clears
nes< and force.
Two women were discussing a
Young man of their acquaintance,
whose father had been a distinguished
member of the bar, and a useful
member of society.
“For my part.” said
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aw confident he will sucered.”
“Yes,” replied the other, “he
undoubtedly a worthy young man.
but 1 don't think he has head enough
to till his father's shoes.”
IIS A
Her Ignorance.
Mrs. Cumso-—I'm glad it's a t'n
wedding we are invited to next week
and not a silver wedding, Silver
presents are so frightfully expensive.
Cumsi—-My dear, you are evident
ly unacquainted with the fact that
we are expected to take a present
made of American tin. ct
i An Urgent Case, .
Poor Patient—+1 sent for you, doe.
tor, because 1 know you are a noted
physician, but I feel it my duty to in-
form you that I haven't over 825 wo
my name.”
Dr. Biggteo—' Very well, en, we
must cure you up as quie as
sible.”—New York Weekly. pou:
She Surprised Them.
| Presence of mind has turned defeat
| Into victory for generals on the bat-
ftlefleld, for statesmen in the Senate
hamber, and for lawyers in the court
oom. It 4 rare gift, but a very
| young woman who lis in the little
town of Hawthorne, in the pine
woods of Florida, possesses it to an
inusual degree. The Sunday school
{ to which she belongs recently gave a
| sunday-school concert, and though she
is hardly O years old, she showed such
willingness to contribute to the suc-
ress of the occasion that fn.
trusted by her teacher with the reci-
tation of a verse.
She applied herself to the task, and
at the preliminary rehearsal acquitted
herself to the delight of her teacher
and the envy of her classmates.
The Sunday ofternoon came at last.
The church was crowded, and the ex-
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a flutter. At last the long-awaited
moment arrived, and the superintend-
ont announced her name. She tod-
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the help of his hand mounted the
steps and stood on the platform facing
is
shie was
the people.
| wh. f
what a lot of
al me!’ she thought.
In fact, like many an
in a similar situation,
the could think of
knew well
faving it in her s
think of at all.
But she wasnot the
to defeat without
couidn’t think of
another, and
hushed
olks all looking
oider person
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» verse which
¢ had been
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