The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-22
The sunday school.
s.y No,usrrs IS 1871

Eaal aust 81 - EosBc. because be
hAi made a. appeale unto The Roman
emperor ~ BE trial and With some
personal lrieuds ard some other pr.s
oaers Be was now carried On his wsy
,hishef They we're under tie care q
The ccatanan Julius. 81 tie baud. GO
bort. 81 regiment uamed IL honor Of The
Emperor ABEustus Luke WAS With
him, ba, - Do net knos why, or ia
shat connection with The ships CON.
pauy b. went On their way they
touched Al Sidon. north " Casarca
and The oen,urian treated Paul with
great Kindness. allowing him 70 visit
iriends and refresh himself With them
Tie time Was October. A. H.. 90. and
they were IN the Mediterranean Sea.
bctwoen Crete aud Malta. They had
given up reaching Rome before the tor
lowing spring, and they leit Crete to
end a better barbor for winter farther
3B Tho season was unsafe for sailing.
aud Paul warned the captain against
going on; bot be set sail. aud soon the
tempes; arose which il described in our
lesson
Storm at Sea After leaving Fair
Ravens. and sailing near Che south
shore 81 Crete. the Euroclydon came
down on the ship, aud finally wrecked
her on the island Of Melita, or Malta.
(Ch. xxyii.ll IL was tempestSous
wind indeed, IN whirling eddies and
blast, with angry clouds and raging
sea. II was called The WavestiIing
Easter, IA perfect hurricane from diff.
erent quarters at once, varying in its
general course from northeast 10 south.
east, such winds are now called Levan-
tiers, because they prevail most in that
part Of the Mediterranean called the
I.evaut Sea. Only that wind could
have produced the effects aiterw ards
ascribed to il. The captain aud sailors
with Paul were heather, and they sup.
posed that storms were caused by evil
spirits but Paul taught them that the
Christians God ruled the sea. (See
Jonah TO-
AT once the vessel was caught by
the force Of the wind and violently car
ried away 1t could not bear up into
the wind, or resist it they could not
direct the ship against it. They could
not face the wind as an enemy in bat
tie j; or they could not look it in the
face, as did the eyes painted on either
side Of the prov Of the vessel. So they
let her drive, uncontrolled before the
wind.
Soon they ran close to the southern
shore Of CLAUDIA, the modern island Of
Gambia, where the force Of the wind
was broken That is small island
about twenty miles southwest Of the
southeast coast Of Crete. There they
had much work to come by the boat !;
to get control of it so as to hoist into
the ship. from having much water in
1t by being in tow SO long, or from the
tossing Of the ship in the storm. 1t
was in danger Of being broken or wash.
ed away and they must save that.
The Ship Damaged When they
had taken up the boat, it was found
that The vessel was badly strained, aud
was IN danger of laundering. So they
used helps. aids, such as ropes, cables,
or chains. This was for undergirding
tho ship. Undergirding consists IN
passing cables, or other large ropes,
under the keel and over the guuwalcs,
and then drawing them tight by means
OF poles or levers The object here
was to bind the panks together as
tightly as possible, to keep the ship
from filling with water and sinking.
Another Danger They were fear.
ing lest they should fall into the quick
sands vast banks of sand driven up by
the winds, aud constantly changing
their position, so that the captain could
not know where the danger was In
the original, the word for quicksands
is q proper name, and means the Syrtis
on the coast Of Africa, called the Upper
aud Lower, OF Major aud Minor Syrtis
They we're driven towards the Syrtis
Major, which is from 4 900 to 5000
stada Ia circumference, aud occupies
the whole Of what is called the gulf Of
/ Sida. The Syrtis was southwest of
Crete, between Tupoli and Barcd and
many shipwrecks occur there.
To avoid that danger, they strake
sail, il some way took down the masts
which were ia sockets and movable,
aud the sails, which is now done at sea,
sometimes, 10 save the ship. They
were at the mercy Ct the winds. ard as
little as possible must be left to catch
I it. So they were driven by the wind
and westward toward Mclta, or Malta,
upon which they were wrecked
They were so exceedingly tossed by
the tempest that the next day, after
using helps. they lightened The ship by
throwing out the heavier and less val.
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