The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21
MAGE AT ~
,s,ssuh STORM Ar siss
,...ons Taught by n Histo-is
,,.d,,erranean Voyage.

MAD 80 u came TO pass that they
~ ou safe 10 land" Acts xvii, "A.
"A ..;.,,ed your historical city, which |
rng - zoo because it was the terminus
'<feu famous road of the ages, the
nse,ion Way. and for its mighty
- APlrrshadowing n city which oven
r. y, hcSts could not thunder down,
Y. tomorrow morning leave your har-
- Tier touching at Athens ana Cor
so,are about the Mediterranean TO
.J,s Egypt. ! have been reading
.rning in my New Testament OF
Saneen voyage in an Alexandrihn
T. was this very month OF November.
vi was lying in a port not very far
- ON board that vessel were two
na..e1 Messengers: one, Josephus tho
as we have strong reasons TO
nn ,be other, a convict, one Paul by
- ~. W. was going to prison for upsetting
as they termed IL, turning the
.iie DOWN" This convict Ind gained
nuIsisnce OF tho Captain. Indeed,
e'np INIT Paul knew almost as
nm s,out the sea rs did the Cap
lie had been shipwrecked three
.isoadv. no had dwelt much OF his
s5st cnpstans, and ynrdarms, and
Nn'od .nd storms; and he knew whnt
talking about. Seeing the
5.l storm was coming, and perhaps
something unseaworthy in the
,dvised the Captain TO stay in the
Rut | hear the Captain and the
tslking together. They say: I'VE
..rNrd to take the advice OF this
n ard no n minister. He may bC
zach very well, but l don't believe
s, n,arlinspike from n luif tackle
.l'.rJ' cast on Shift the helm foi
80 who fears the Mediterranean
L.l ZONE only little way out when Q
srini called Euroclydon, made tn
III h. turban. shook the mast as You
nh,,,di.h a spear. and tossed the hulk
~ beovons. Overheard with the car
Tisoil washed with salt water, anC
A.. now and there are no marine in
.,s companies. All hands ahoy, AM
With the anchors
,,,t conformation comes ON crew an
.peer. The sea monsters snort IN IN
and the pillows clap their hands u
n Sde.truction In the lull OF the storr
Ta chain clank II is the chain OF th
apostle as he walks the deck. or hold
% Inc rigging amidst the lurching OF IN
the spray dripping from his long bear
rrie, out TO the crew: Now exhol
N he of good cheer; for there shall bc
Il any mans life among you, but OF u
For there stood by me this night u
\ of God whose | am, and whom
= saving. Fear not, Paul; thou must
oeh, before Caesar; and, 10, God hat
N ,hee all them that sail with thee"
urtaen dnys have passed, and there is
,man. of the storm. IL Is midnigh
r,linr ON the lookout, the man peers in
d0rsnc,, and. bya fash of lightning, Sc
cnq white line Of the breakers, and kno'
must he coming near to some countr
fears that In few moments the YES
he ,h,vered on the rocks. Tho sh
Ike chair in n tornado. They drop {
nlipc line. and by the light Of the Ia
they see il is twenty fathoms. Spe'
along n little farther they DIR
line again. and by the hp
he lantern they sec it is fifteen fathon
hundred and seventy-six souls within
feet Of awful shipwreck! The manage
he vessel. pretending they want to 10
the side of the ship and undergrad IL, 4
the small boat, expecting in 1t to escal
Paul sees through the sham, and he 3,
IN that il they 20 of in the boat it will
death OF them. The vessel strikes! I
rks spring. The timbers crack 4
vi parts in the laundering surge! I
lt wild struggling for lifel Here q
hvm plank 20 plank. Here they
fr as il they would never rise, b
fhing hold Of n timber, come floating
ing on it 10 the beach. Here, STIR
mmegs spread their arms through
ss until their chins plow the sand,
rise M and wiring out their wet 10
h. b,ach When the roll of the shil
d two hundred and seventy-siN pee
Ner 70 their names. And so, says
/ "t came to pass that they escaped
% land
learn from this subject
irst. that those WHO get us into tror
no; stay to help us out. These ship
Paul out of Fair Havens into the sto
as soon rs the tempest dropped u
b, they wanted to 20 of in the 81
d caring nothing for what became
and the passengers. All me, hun
pre- j, the same in all ages. They
" into trouble never stop to help us
ly who tempt that young man INTO n
iiS,lpation will bc the first to laug
imhecility, aud TO drop him out
pnt society. Gamblers always n
Of the losses of gamblers They
ppt You into the contest with fists, say
pill back you,n will be the first 10
y over all the predicaments of your
count the names of those who hav,
into those predicaments, and tell III,
p otone who ever helped You
wWeglad enough TO get you out
Nd RS but when, with damaged
bel to get into harbor, did