Telegram-herald., 1889-11-18
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voyage. sad be took for his text Aets XIV
Is and 81 .- came 20 E@ss. tha- t-sY es-Ape-
al safe O. l1ad DIT I24nass s4l3.
Hsylag ylslled yolr h-s-srical city, ~hlc-
as de--sd 70 ses beeAuse il Was the tsru1nus
q tie most famous rosd of tas ages-ths
R5uan Apq.aa Wsy-snd Tor i-s mighty
fortress oversaad9Ning q city which even
Hannlbal's hosts could no. thunder down. We
must tomorrow morning leave y0ur harbor,
aud. after touching At Athens ed Coriush.
voyage ABOUT the Mediterranean 20 Alezan-
dria, Egypt have bees reading this morn
ins iu my New Testament II 8 Mediterranean
voyage L. an AleZandrisn ship. u w-s this
very month of November The vessel was
lylug IN port Lot very far from here. On
board that vessel were Two distinguished pas
ssn ngers-One Josephus, the historian, Is We
have strong reasons 70 believe, the other, q
convict, one Paul by name, who vas going 70
prison for upsettlng things, or. they
termed Il, turning the world upside down"
IhIs convict lad gained the confidence # the
captain; indeed think that Pau knew almost
as much about tie sea as did the captain lie
had been shipwrecked three times already; he
had dwelt much Of his lie amidst capstans
aud yard-arms, and cables, and storms, and
be knew what be was talking about Seeing
tie sQuiuoctial storm Was coming, and per-
haps noticing something unseaworthy in the
vessel be advised the captain 10 stay IN tie
harbor But hear the captain and the first
mate talking together. They say: I'VE can
not afford 20 take tie advice OF this landsman
aud no minister. lie may be able to preach
very well, but ! don't believe lie knows q
marline-spike from = lufl tackle. Al aboard.
Cast OF! Shift the helm for headwayi Who
fears the Aed.tcrranaanp They had gone
only little way out when a whirlWind,
called EurOclyCon made the torn 50 ! its tur-
ban, shook the mast as you would hrandish a
spear, and tossed the hulk into the heavens
Overheard with the cargo IL IS all washed
with saltwater, and worthless now: and there
are no marine insurance companies. All
hands ahoy, and out with the anchorsl
a GREAT SEA STORM.
Great CONSERVATION comes on crew and
passengers. The sea monsters snort in the
foam and the pillows clap their hands in
glee Of destruction. In the lull Of the storm
hear chain clank II is the chain Of the
great apostle as he walks the deck, or holds
fast TO the rigging amid the lurching Of the
ship, the spray dripping from his long beard
as be cries out 70 the crew: NOW | exhort
you TO be Of good cheer: for there shall be no
loss Of any mans life among you, but of the
ship. For there stood by me this night the
angel Of God, whose am, and whom | serve,
saying, Fear nct, Paul; thou must be brought
before Cesar: AID, 10, God hath given thee
all them that sail with thee"
Fourteen days have passed, and there is no
abatement Of the storm II is midnight
Standing on the lookout, the man peers into
the darkness, and, by flash of lightning,
sees the long white line of the breakers, and
knows they must be coming near 10 some
country, and fears that in few moments
the vessel will be shivered on the rocks The
ship flies like chatf in the tornado. They
drop the sounding line, and by the light of the
lantern they see il Is twenty fathons Speed
ing along little farther, they drop the line
again. and by the light Of the lantern they
see it is fifteen fathOms. Two hundred
and seventy-six souls within a few
feet of awful shipwreck The managers
of the vessel, pretending they want to
look over the side of the ship and under
grid it, get into the small boat, expecting in
it to escape; but Paul sees through the sham,
and he tells them that if they 90 off in the
boat it will be the death OF them. The vessel
strikes Tho plankS springl The timbers
crack The vessel parts in the laundering
surge Oh. what wild struggling for life!
Here they leap from plank to plank. Here
they 90 under as if they would never rise,
but, catching hold OF a timber, come floating
on it 10 the beach here strong swimmers
spread their arms through the waves until
their chins plow the sand, and they rise up
and wiring out their wet locks on the beach
When the roll Of the ship is called, two hun
dred and seventy-six people answer 10 their
names "And so,n says my text, 1T came to
pass, that they escaped all safe 20 land"
sOHE WHOLESOME LESSONS.
learn from this subject:
First, that those who get us into trouble
will not stay to help US out. These shipmen
got Paul out Of Fair Havens into the storm;
but as soon rs the tempest dropped upon
them they wanted to 20 off in the small boat,
caring nothing for what became Of Paul and
the passengers. All mel human nature is
the same in all ages. They who get us into
trouble never stop to help Us out. They who
tempt that young man into life of diSsipa-
ton Will be the first to laugh at his imbecil-
ity. and 70 drop him out OF decent society.
Gamblers always make fun Of the losses Of
gamblers They who tempt you into the con-
test with fists, saying: Il will back you"
viii be the first 10 run. Look over all
the predicaments Of your life, and