Pacific Christian messenger., January 11, 1879, Page 2, Image 2

PACIFIC CHRISTIAN
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MESSENGER, SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 1879.
Charles H. Spurgeon and His I pastor was engaged in pray ¡»grand the As time passed on, one other of Tyre’s t*°n of one of the principal British
|X>rts in the Mediterranean. It is a
handssmu city, hiving wide 4tre 4s
)*ved with lava, and displaying a
splendid collection of palaces,chnrches
and picturesque houses, built in ter­
races, one above the other, up the
rocky summit It contains some very
fine edifices, among them the Grand
Master’s Palace, no«y tho residence of
the British governor, the cathedral,
the hospital and the immense admi­
ralty. The town, is defended by the
mighty fortresses of St Elmo, St.
Angelo, Manuel and Tigne, with in­
termediate connecting works of
massive proportions. Dark war-ships,
and the vessels of all nations; a fair
and smiling country; and spread
round the deep, blue waters of the
midland sea, all form a fitting frame
to MMSkAiitr^ctive picture.—.4 rthure
Magazine. _
Assyrian Names for the Reas.
offshoots was increasing prodigiously
An interesting point of couinaiison
in wealth and might« So, fbur ihuns
between’.the cuneiform records and
dyed years before the Christian era» l
the sacred
iaertid ScripÌnres
Seri |>t ure« i.f
¡4 found**
foundyyi the
Melita, as it wan then called, strongly
Assyrian names of the seas and larger
fortified, was one of the chief bul­
lakes; between which two divisions
warks of Carthaginian power in the
of) bodies of water they seem to have
Mediterranean. So it remained until
made no distinction The following
the end of the second Punic War,
list, compiled' from the monuments,
when it fell into the hands ol the
shows some coincidence with the
i
Romans, 216, B, (J,
Bible names, and gives, moreover,
After this, for an interval, the his­
some further help to the student In
tory of Malta is merged in that of its
comparing,, it.,iy to be remembered
imperial mistress, held in enforced
that the name that appears in our
peace by military despotism during
Authorized Version is not always an
her supremacy, and succumbing, at
exact representative of the Hebrew
last, with other provinces, to the
name. For instance, the “ Red Sea "
strength of ruthless invaders. First
of our version is the “ Sea of Weeds’”
the Goths, and then the Saracens,
or “ Sea of Rushes ” of the Hebrew
were its masters. Of the effects of
and the Egyptian monuments; and
these conquests,. those of the latter
the “ Red Sea ” of the Greek geogra­
were the most lasting, for they put to
phers of antiquity was the Persian
the sword, or sold into slavery, the
Gulf.
majority of the existing population,
The following is the Assyrian list:
Salutations..
and re-colonized the island with
For the Mediterranean Sea :
Arabs. Tho present inhabitants are
A well Jjred person instinctively 1
1. The Great Sea toward the set­
descendants of these, mingled with bows the moment he recognizes an ac- I
ting sun.
modem Italians and Greeks. Their quaintance, at the instant of the first
2.
The Great Sea of the land
. ...
.
dialect is a mixture of the language meeting of - the eyes. According
to
Acharri.
•
I
of the former with Arabic.
the rule of courts, and of good society t 3. The Great Sea.
When Mussulman rule at length everywhere, anyone who had been in­
4. The Sea toward the setting sun.
gave way, Malta continued subject to troduced to you, or anyone to whom
4. The Upper Sea; and the Lower
the crown of Sicily from 1190 to you have been introduced, is entitled
Sea.
152-5, A. D., when the Emperor to this mark of respect.
For the Persian Gulf:
(Ulen V., gave ijt to the Knights of
.
A bow does not entail a . calling
ao-
1. The < ireat Sea toward tho sun­
St. John. These knights had been quaitance," and to neglect it shows
rising.
drivcn by the Turks from ..their neglect in early.education, as well as a i 2. The Lower Sea toward the sun­
• . _ • in .UypruH,
x
_
T>1
__ J_.. And . . .
. ~ . .
possession
Rhodes
deficiency in cultivation and in the in- i
rising.
’
casion at the little church at Water- uacle h the
College, in which Crete, and their acceptance of this stincts of refinement; so that the
3. The Lower Sea.
bt-acli. in (’¡iir.bridge-shire, the hearers ’ 1 a . large number of youg men are educa- territory was conditional upon their truth of St. Loup’s assertion, that the
4. The Sea toward the stinrising.
were greatly impressed ‘ With the | ted for tbe lninf8tl.y A second in- promise to wage perpetual war against bow is the touchstone of good breed­
5. The Sea-stream of Bit-Jnkin
powers of “the boy preacher,” as he 8titutiou is the
the infidels, and exterminate - the ing, is made good
(probably, House of U; rightness);
was then called, and eventually invited • in^llich ovcr 2c0 orphans areboarded, Arabian pirates from the. Mediter­
Its entire neglect reveals character "'8. The Sea of the land Kaldi.
him to be their pastor. Thia invite-j cIothed aod educafcea. In connection ranean. The name of the ancient and training of the person; the man -
7. The Sea.
tion was accepted, and for a period of with theTabcrnacle is also a eolportage city, .11, Borgo, .was changed to La. ner Of ifs observance reveals the very
(To which is to be added the Baby­
two years Mr. Spurgeon labored there,. as9ociation. an organization for hoiae \ afelta, after the Grand Master, John shades of breeding that exist between ,
lonish name:
during-which time the number of com­ ami foreign missions, and a variety of de la Valette, who made it his abode thé ill-bred and.' the well-bred.’
’ -. Ki The Sea-stream; — probably
municants was more than doubled.
. other societies for effecting spiritual It, and every accessible point were • In thoroughfares where persons are
equivalent to the Greek mythol­
Towards the close of 1853r. ; and ,naU.rial g6o(1
fortified so highly, as to render the constantly passing, gentlemen keep to
ogie stream of Ocean, that “ en­
Spurgeon (then nineteen years of age) !
island wellnigh impregnable.
So the left of a lady, without regard of
compassed
the earth with cease­
Malta.
receivedan invitation to preachat New
secured, the chivalrous possessors felt I the wall, in order to protect her from I ■
less How.”)
Park Street Chapel, London, a church '
Of all the famous island of the prepared to bid eternal defiance to the jostling elbows of the unmanerly; For Lake Van.
which had at one time been a very im­
all invaders.
,
unless a lady prefers to walk on the
1. The Upper Sea of the land Nairi,
portant one, and had enjoy fed
— th
__ e! Mediterranean, Per’*aPs' the one Iuoijf
But
the
upholders
of
the
(
rescciit
gentleman
’s left for his protection,
worthy of extended notice is Malta,
2.
The Upper Sea of the West.
ministrations of Dr. Gill, Dr. Rippon
a
A gentleman walking .with
with a lady ; 3. The Upper Sea.
curious in structure, wronderful in fer­ were not anxious to allow so forinid-
and other eminent men, but from
tility and renowned, in history. Tills able an opposer grow in power. Ac- returns a bow made to her (lifting his ■
4. The West Sea.
various causes had dwindled down to
island, about sixty' miles in circum­ cordingly, Solyman the Magnificent hat not too far from his head), although I For Lake Ooroomiah :
a very small boy, and even that tom
made ready for an overwhelming the one bowing is an entire stranger I
ference, was originally one immense
1. The Lower Sea of the land
by internal dissensions. Mr. Spurgeon
onslaught, with a Meet of no less thp.n , to him.
i mass of bare, limestone rocks. But
Nairi.
went ^nd ultimately received an in­
two hundred sail, carrying a force of
It is a civility to return a bow i 2. The Sea of the land Nairi.
to
become
pastor
of
the
H
re8t,ess
’
80
is
the
force
vitation
’
•
» it.
forty thousand men; and in the although you do not know the one
To the mere stripling of' ■»»>» * •ngenuity, that, iri spte of
For some undetermined bodies of
church.
middle of May, 1585, the Turkish who is bowing to you. .The more
water :
'
nineteen the undertaking seemed too
being apparently, by its very na-
fieet appeared before 1 a Valetta. So cultivated a person is the more prompt,
1. The Red Sea.
great, and he compromised with tire , tore, made forever unfit for human
invincible they seemed, that many of he will be found in such civilities.
2. An Unknown Sea.
church by an arrangement to take the , habitation, it has been, from remote
the knights, brave as they were, pro­ Either the one who l»ows knows you,
duties fora period of six months, at anti‘iuity, one of the garden spots of
fessed themselves unable to sustain or he has mistaken you for some one
The name of “ Gilead ” was applied
the end of which time either pastor or
world. Its earliest colonists, un­
an attack.
But, even when the else. In either case you should return to the country east of the Jordan,
people were at liberty to close the ' d»«nted 4>y its frowning sterility,
r r
■! »-
----- V« with
_:,t infinite i_r.„_
___ r.„„ ­ Saracens had nearly broken through the bow, and probably the mistake from the head of the Dead Sea to the
brought,
labor, number
engagement.
the mighty fortifications, never would will be discovered to have occurred foot of Lake Genesareth. It was
Long before the of that six months less cargoes of earth from Syracuse, the Grand Master allow his courage
from a want of quick recognition on here, along the Jordan and about
the matter was settled by the distinct and so formed upon the adamantine to be shaken. With such a degree of
your own part, or from some resem­ Jerieo, that the balsam or lialin, once
and emphateC voiee of the London surface a soil in which flourish, in confidence did he inspire his men,
blance that you bear to another. The so highly prized, was procured from
people. His fame spread rapidly luxuriance, the rose, the grape, the that notwithstanding a series of
bow costs you nothing; and the i an aromatic tree, • supposed
still
*«
__ to be
through the metroplis, and one asked olive, the fig and the orange, while severe, and on the part of the Chris­
witholding of it shows you to be either , found jn this region, and known 1 as
the
grain
and
cotton
reach
here
a
another, Have you heard the boy
tians, almost hopeless contests, con­ gauche or rude.— Banner.
Spina Chri»ti, or tree from which the
perfection scarce surpassed elsewhere.
preach ?
tinued until the beginning of Sep­
It
may
thus
be
perceived
that
the
The Independent anys: A man who Savior’s crown of thorns was woven.
Those who went to hear confirmed
tember, the arms of the Moslems
This most precious gum was obtained
victory
over
nature,
gained
by
unex
­
the good report and came again, un­
were completely shattered, and the forgets that he may die atr any by making an incision in the bark of
ampled
industry,
has
never
been
lost
til
which
contained less .,
v.. the building, ------
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Order remained secure in possession. ; moment is very foolish. A man’s the tree; it also oozed from Uie
than 200 when he first preached in it, | by any relaxation of vigilance. This
This signal victory, after so long and business ought to be kept sb closely leaves, and sometimes hung in drops
but which would hold 1200, was filled is indeed the case, for every foot of
fierce a confiict, was considered one of in band that he will be able to leave like honey from the branches. The
to its utmost.
land is cultivate«!
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with the
. most ...
assid-
the most splendid achievements of the I it at any moment in such condition
In due course the “ wall at the back ” ; uous care, and, from the time of the sixteenth century. Not only was it1 .that it can be settled up. His will tree, which originally was found in
¡aiii^down, and an enlargement took first inhabitants, the custom lias been ,
ought to be made and his’properfy Palestine, was transplant!'« 1 to Egypt
place, the'young preacher meanwhile
l.i'ii
by_pro-
by -.- ClœpaUa,
-grevew-
5T T/ ’ v
place, the young preal___ _____
■ ■•
« ’• , ■j'tfigies
Tdk'ies of valor, but it si
staved
the .
xayeu
me
_
r
..
K
...
l —
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near Jericho Were prosente«l by Mitre
occupying FjXeter
Exeter Hall
for auuuv
about three
incrustations ol lime,
nan ivi
vincv I j remove
-s—. w the
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things
be
which
he
has
provided.
wi stwaol progress of Islamism aoc ic­
Antony. The shrub was afterward*
months. But
1
-
although enlarged, New ‘ which, slowly and • surely forming,
ing Christian nations against infidel Much more is that man most foolish I
taken to Arabia and grown in the
eet
"
resembled,
”
as
Mr.
would
destroy
its
productive
power
who
does
not
live
with
his
soul
pre*
•Park Street "resembled,’
i
disturbers.
neighborhood
of Mecca, whence the
if
suffered
to
remain.
And
this
war
­
Spurgeon remarks, “the attempt to
From this time forward, Malta re­ pared to meet God. It is wealth to-
i
balsam
is
now
exported to Europe
fare
against
barrennc^Iias
been
mained
under
the
peaceful
sway
of
wa,
d
God
that
will
avail
when
a
man
’
put the sea into a teapot,’’ and there
and
America,
not
as balm from
assisted
immeasurably
by
the
climate;
was literally no room for the hundreds
the knights, the Christianized people 1 come!' to «He. Death may be
Gilead,
but
balsam
ef
Mecca. The
for,
under
a
soft,
genial
sky,
and
the
living in prosperity under their ad-1 • ”>«1« l£v* and very unexpected.
desirous of obtaining admission.
gaidens
round
Heliopolis
and the
tempering
influence
of
mild
sea-
—
■
..I
-.oot
/.r
all
Aif.nro
(
‘
vnrify
i
M
'
The chapel ^mld not be further en­
ministration, until the Fraternity,1 most certain of all future events is
'*
Fountain
of
the
Sun,
”
in
Egypt*
no
breeiies,
cold,
and
frost,
and
heat
and
imvmg ww
wv.k, began to decay,
dw-y, that We
W<! must
mn8t die.
dic The most
m08fc uncertain
larged for the very sufficient reason
having
done its werk,
longer
produce
this
rare
plant
’
,
amfit.
.
drought
are
alike
unknown,
and
over
that the holding ¡theff coverei^ every
dying ottt finally in the latter part of of all is the time.when we shall die.
has
long
since
ceased
to
be
an
article
all
hangs
the
atmosphere
of
a
per
­
what a change! We
inch of the ground available. It was
the
century. Thin
“* —
u-_
the eighteenth
eighteenth century.
Thén fol-
fol- When it x comes
therefore resolved to purchase land petual «¡(ring.
lowed a period of weakness, when the Wf>rk hard to make our lives here com- ^f export from the ancient Gilead.
Malta, aa might be expeeted from
elsewhere and build a new edifice.
Tttrks were only prevented from re- tortable. Do we work equally hard to
We can easily manage, if wo on
its advantageous position in a com­
Until that could be built a large con­
(facing the inhabitants fa starvation 1 raake
eternity happy U *
take each day, the burden appointed
mercial point of view, was first settled
cert-lull in the Surrey (lardene was
■by the interposition df France. In
for it But the load will be too heavy
hired and filled with hearers al every from Phtt-nieia, the earliest and 1798, the island has conquered by 1 When alone, we have our thoughts for ua if we add to its weight the
greatest
maritime
nation
of
ancient
to watch ; in the family, our temper ;
service. In thia building occurred the
Nape 1 eon, and in 1800, it was taken in society, our tonguse. We should burden of to-morrow, before we rro
times
Accordingly
we
find
a
record
terrible catastrophe that shattered Mr.
by England, to whom ft was con-!
endeavor to illustrate our devotions in called to bear it— -John Neieton,
Spurgeon's nervous system and left a of such occupation, about 1400, B.
I *’?
’“*<.*£
d IW« ™ ls,‘ -• l«w
momln« l,y
conduct Urrungh
■ MW
vasv v> «z«w»(v y
u«»V &u«zaaa«aa^
,,j our waw«
Lalalettanow
the posi-
day, —
— Hannah
Hannah Moore.
Moore.
* I Send us a new subscriber.
permanent effect on hishealth. It was established themselves in the island. I La
Valetta now occupies
occupies the
posi- [ the
the day.
in Octobet 19th, 1359, that just ts the
hall was densely croWdedi some mis­ 1
chievous person raised the alarm of
In the year 1873 Mr Spurgeon Fire!' A general panicunsned,which
preached from U Peter 2 7: “ Unto the pastor ineffectually endeavored to
you therefore which belieie He is calm by assurance that there was no
precious, .” and he commenced bis ser­ fire. A stampede followed, in which
mon by saying': .‘‘I remember well ; several people lost their lives and
that, more than twenty-two yearn ago, ■ I others severely injured.
the first sermon that I over made Was ’ ( The work connected with the New
from this text. I had been asked to [ Tabsrnacle was pressed forward, and
walk out to the village of Taversham, i in May, 1861, Mr. Spurgeon, had the
about four miles from Cambridge,! satisfaction of preaching in the new
where I then lived, to accompany a ' building, which had cost $*156,661, and
young man whom I supposed to be the 1 i which had all been contributed.
] ueacher for the evening, and on the
During the year 1856 t® 1861 Mr.
waj I said to him that I hoped God Spurgeon’s pulpit labors were almost
would bless him in his labors. ‘Oh; incessant. He preached on an average
dear,’ said he, ‘I never preached in my twelve sermons a waek. His health
life ; I never thought of such a thing. conld not long endure so great a strain,
I was asked -to walk with you, and I and eventually he was induced to take
sincerely hope God will bless you in a short period of repose. His brother
your preaching.’ ‘ Nay,’ sa(l<l I, ‘ but'i (also'a Baptist minister) came to his
I never preached, and I don’t know aid and became his co-pastor. Of late
that I could do anything of the sort. years he has been under the necessity
We walked, my ininoet soil! being all of economizing his strength by curtail-
.in a trouble as to what would iiappen. ‘ ing his exertions, but even now he is
When we found the congregation as­ , admonished by frequent attacks of
sembled, and no one > else there to . illness that he is- overtasking his
speak of Jesus, though I was only strength.
sixteen years-of age, as I found that I ”Mr. Spurgeon’s labors are by no
was expected to preach, I did preach, i means confined to 'liis pulpit. The
I
and the te.Xt was that just given.”
. .Metropolitan Tabernacle is the center
DVrfeg the two years following this | antl nuc|eMJ, of a Wlde circle of work>
event, while preaching every Sunday, ■ and
and the
the pastor>8
pastor’s, careful anU
and mfeute
minute
young Spurgeofl worked asstduoualy attcntion is giveu to ever Jetail
as usher in a school at Newmarket
Newmarket. G prom,nent among the
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institutions
But supplying the pblpit on one oc-! WS* Uve7»rX from
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