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SHIP THAT COULD
NOT BE WRECKED
Most Famous Sea Voyage in
Literature Told in Sunday
School Lesson
(By William T. Ellis. )
"All aboard!" Enough of riots and
conspiracies and venomous ecclesias
tics and petty kings. Paul is through
ivith his adventures on land, for a
time, at least, and takes ship for
Rome. He has appealed to Caesfir
and to Caesar lie must go. Here be
gins the most famous sea voyage in all
literature.
The waters of the Mediterranean,
which shine so blue as they lap the
shore of Caesarea, can be as boister
ous and powerful and treacherous as
■the mid-Atlantic. AH the literature
of the classics that deals with the sea
means this "Middle Sea'' or "Great)
Bca," now nowly In the world's
thought because of the troopships and
war vessels that at the present time
• crowd Its waters. I myself have sailed
most of the seas of earth, but none
can approach in historic, interest or
natural beauty this great land-locked
sea which has borne upon its bosom
the commerce and navies of all the
(treat natlonsfl from remotest anti
quity.
Pitifully small to our eyes seems the
craft in which Paul embarked for
his momentous voyage. It could be
hidden in one of the holds of a mod
' ern liner. It had no motive power ex
cept heavy sails and man-smiled oars.
I It. was entirely of wood, and had no
division Into compartments, or any
' of tho other safety devices of modern '
seamanship. When trouble arose it i
could not call by wireless, and when
! stars and sun were blotted out, the j
I mariners were at a dead loss, for they i
( had no compass. Stout were the
. hearts of tho sailors who adventured !
tho cruel Mediterranean In such frail j
vessels.
A Voyage of Romance
Because tne greatest historian In
the world was aboard the little boat
as companion to the distinguished
prisoner, Paul of Tarsus, we have a
graphic account of the storms and
final shipwreck. Dr. Luko and Broth
er Aristarchus, of Thessalonlca, were
tho sort of friends who stand by in
adversity. Aristarchus, it will be re
membered, was with Paul in tho riot
at Epheaus, and underwent, imprison
ment for him. Of him, and two oth
ers, the apostle wrote, at the close of
his letter tothe Colossians, "They are J
men who have been a comfort to me."
What it meant to Paul, as he saw the ]
shores of Caesarea fade, to have by his
side Luke, the peerless historian,
whose writings wo ore now studying,
and Aristarchus, the humble, devoted
helper who was ever alert to ease his
leader's lot, we can easily imagine.
In heaven's histories account is taken
of all tlieso Inconspicuous sharers In
a great work. There the wives of the |
ministers, the women who support the
prayer meetings and missionary so
cieties and teach the Sunday school
classes will not be without their moed
of reward.
Because Dr. Luke, with his observ
ant eye, was aboard the ship, we have
this complete record of the romantic
voyage. He makes us see, by a few
lines, the gentlemanly oitlcer, Captain
Julius; the few other prisoners; the
brutal soldiers, the cowardly sailors
and the thrifty owners. We can fol
low every mile of the great Journev.
Sidon, rock-bound old Sldon, with
its streets vaulted like tunnels, and
its effulgent orango groves, was the
first stop, and there, Dy the courtesy
of Julius, Paul was allowed to fellow
ship with his friends. Thence the
boat bore across the sea, under the
lee of Cyprus (now a British island,
where the warships foregather) and
ran up the coast of Asia Minor, along
the route at present patrolled by the
allied fleet. That carried them past
Paul's old home, Tarsus. We wonder
what were his sensations as he stood
by the rail, looking toward the famil
iar Cilician Plain, and the Taurus
mountains beyond.
At Myra the prisoners were trans
ferred to another ship, one from
Alexandria, in Egypt, bound for
Italy. This was the craft which, with
the 276 souls aboard, underwent the
later furies of the storm. The real
troubles began at Crete, where the
ship sought for harbor at Fair Havens.
This was the same Crete that we have
of late been reading about In the
newspapers, which has revolted from
the Athens government, and In which
Mr. Venezelos has raised the standard
of rebellion.
An Old Soa-Tale
From this point, let us permit Dr.
Duke, in whose ears was the shriek
of the wind, aifd beneath whose feet
the frail bark had trembled, and who
had shared in all .the counsels of the
storm-tossed leaders, toll the story for
himself. T quote from a modern trans
lation of the Greek In which he wrote:
"Our voyage thus far had occupied
a considerable time, and the naviga
tion being now unsafe and the Fast
also already over, Paul warned them.
" 'Sirs,' he said, 'I perceive that be
fore long the voyage will be attended
with danger and heavy loss, not only
to the cargo and the ship but to our
own lives also.
"But Julius let himself be per
suaded by the pilot and by the owner
rather than by Paul's arguments; and
as the harbor was inconvenient for
wintering in, the majority were in
favor of putting out to sea, to try
whether they could get to Phoenix —
a harbor on the coast of Crete facing
northeast and southeast—to winter
there. And a light breeze from the
south sprang up, so that they supposed
they wero now sure of their purpose.
So weighing anchor they ran along the
coast of Crete, hugging the shore.
But it was not long before a furious
northeast wind, coming down from the
mountains, burst upon us and carried
the ship out of her She was
unable to make headway against the
gale; so we gave up and let her drive
1 hen we ran under the lee of a little
Island called Cauda, where we man
aged with great difficulty to secure the
boat; and, after hoisting it on board
they used frapping-cables to under
glrd the ship, and, as they were afraid
of being driven on the Svrtis quick
sands, they lowered the gear and lay
to. But, as the storm was still violent,
the next day they began to lighten the
ship, and, on the third day, with their
■own hands they threw the ship's spare
gear overboard. Then, when for sev
eral days neither sun nor stars were
seen and the terrific gale still har
rassed us. the last ray of hope was
now vanishing.
"When for a long time they had
taken but little food, Paul, standing
up among them said,
" "Sirs, you ought to have listened to
me and not have sailed from Crete.
Tou would then have escaped this suf
fering" and loss. But now take cour
age, for there will be no destruction
of life amongr you, but of the ship onlv.
For there stood by my side, last night,
an angel of the God to whom I belong,
and whom also I worship, and He
Bald,
" ' "Dismiss all fear. Paul, for you
must stand before Caesar; and God
has granted you the lives of all who
are sailing with you."
" 'Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for
I believe God, and am convinced that
things will happen exactly as I have
been told. But we are to bo stranded
on a certain Island.'
"It was now the fourteenth night,
and we were drafting through the Sea
of Adrla, when, about, midnight, the
sailors suspected that land was close
at hand. So they hove the lead and ;
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I found twenty fathoms of water; and
after a short time they hove again
and found fifteen fathoms. Then for
fear of possibly running on rocks,
they threw out four anchors from the
stern and waited Impatiently for day
light. The sailors, however, wanted
to make their escape from the ship,
and had lowered the bout into (lie
sea, pretending that they were going
to lay out anchors from the bow. But
Paul, addressing Julius and the sol
diers, said,
" 'Your lives will be sacrificed, un
less these men remain on board.'
"Then the soldiers cut the ropes of
the ship's boat and let her fall off.
"And continually, up till daybreak,
Paul kept urging all on board to take
some food.
" 'This is the fourteenth day," he
said, 'that you have been apxlously
waiting for the storm to cease, and
have fasted, eating little or nothing.
I therefore strongly advise you to take
some food. This is essential for your
safety. For not a hair will perish
from" the head of any one of you.'
"Having said this he took some
bread, and, after giving thanks to God
■for it before them all, he broke it In
pieces and began to eat it. This raised
the spirits of all, and they too took
food. There were 276 of us, crew and
passengers, all told. After eating a
hearty meal they lightened the ship by
throwing the wheat overboard."
A Prisoner to the Fore
One marv.els at the primacy of Paul
in all the experience of the voyage.
He was only a passenger and a pris
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oner. Yet Ills counsel was taken be
foro that of the experts. The reason
is simple. Captain Julius, and every
body aboard the ship, knew Paul for
a distinguished personage, who had
recolved marked attention from two
governors and a king, and who was
bound for Rome with an appeal to
Caesar himself. More than that the
personality of the man vindicated his
pre-eminence, in a time of trouble,
real ability comes to the fore. Ad
versity tests men. In many a battle,
the sergeant or corporal has been be
fore the captain or the lieutenant
Every critical situation reveals new
heroes and leaders. Because Paul was
the greatest man aboard the ship, ho
naturally assumed the eladershlp.
Althought they did not fully under
stand its significance, all the men
aboard the boat realized that this man
Paul had personal relations with the
Supreme Ruler of sea and earth.
They knew him as God's man. And ;
when death becomes a near neighbor, ;
it is the man of God to whom we j
look, even as everybody aboard the |
wrecked "Spree," In 1892 turned to]
Dwlght L. .Moody for leadership In]
Intercession with the Lord of the wa- j
ters.
Of all the precious cargoes that have |
been carled across the Mediterranean,
this lumbering, leaky ship for Alex- j
andria held the most priceless. For
Paul bore that which was mightier
than the laws of Rome, mightier than
the philosophy of Greece, mightier j
than the legions of the Caesars or the
navy of the Persians. He was custo- I
dinn of the revolutionary Gospel of
Christ, that was destined to enter the
decadent life of Rome and lie a leaven
straightway of sincerity, purity, mercy
and love.
Much folly Is uttered In the name
of "evolution." Rome was devolut
ing toward deatli. Her progress was
downward, despite all her wealth and
wisdom. Yet thlß Gospel which Paul
carried was able to cut athwart these
natural tendencies, and at once make
clean, holy and happy men and wom
en out of these Romans. Out of the
ruins of old heathen Rome grew the
Holy Roman Empire, because of the
truth of which Paul was the messen
ger. That little ship was more im
portant to the world's welfare than
any other that ever sailed the seas.
It held the beginnings of a now world
order, far mightier than any that
Rome instituted.
Fireflies Freed as
Salute to Emperor
ToUio, Oct. 27.—As a salutation to
Emperor Yoshiliito, a number of
schoolchildren recently marched to
the Imperial palace, where, at a glvpn
signal, they released a swarm of lire
flies, numbering about 10,000, which
they had gathered and inclosed in tiny
cages. A paper lantern bearing the
imperial crest was waved from the
palace rampart acknowledging the
tribute.
Serbian Prince Honors
New York Woman
Vodena, Greece, Oct. 27.—Crown
Prince Alexander, of SerbttfT has deco
rated personally Mrs. Charles Farnam,
of New York, with the order of St.
Sava for her services in Serbian re
lief work.
Mrs. Farnam was the first woman
of any nationality to enter recon
quered Serbian territory. She ac
companied the Crown Prince when
l the Serbians crossed the Cerna river
above Dobroveni, and stormed the
Bulgarian stronghold of Brody.
' The Serbians, Mrs. Farnam says,
have been stimulated greatly by be
ing again on their native soil. When
| Prince George crossed the frontier he
| knelt and kissed the Serbian earth.
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