The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-08-24


lone reading these notes should first carefully
study the paragraph from the Holy Scriptures as
| indicated above.l ftCf=d
INTRoDUcrIoN.
We remember ST. Paul st Cesarsa appealed to
Rome. 1t was evident he could not have q
| fair trial at either Jerusalem or Cesarea.
1t seems there were some other accused per-
sons to be taken to Rome. 81: i.
The point of departure was Cesarea.
81: 3. G. to Sdon, rs miles.
5. s. to Myra, 375
8. NJ. to Fair Ravens, 325 "
%: 1. F. to Meita, 500 !"
Malta or Melitd.
We are now specially interested in this Is
land.
Malta is an island in the Mediterranean Sea,
II by 9 miles, about % square miles; popula-
tion I54 S92 in 1880. In the time of st. Paul the
chief man of the island was Publus. AS re-
suit of ST. Paurs stay there for three months
Christianity had start. Chrysostom alludes to
this Christian mon ograms and inscriptions have
been found there The tombs and underground
cemeteries about Citta Vecchia are similar to
the Christian catacombs at Rome. We find
Malta had in early times Bishop. History re-
fers to trouble Gregory the Great had with a
Bishop of that island
correspondent of the London Guardian
writes thus:
Being at Malta lately. and finding that
my stay there wonld be of considerable
duration, hired a small cutter for the purpose
of amusing myself. had sailed with the north
east wind tEuroclydon) very many times into
the bay which tradition points out as the spot
where st. Paul was wrecked and had always
wondered why the ships Captain allowed her
to run ashore at the Traditional spot, which is
very rocky, instead of running the ship aground
at the top of the bay-an undertaking attended
with danger neither to the ship nor to the pas
sengers. One day, however, while trying to
solve the difficulty, as / entered tho bay / per-
ceived to my astonishment what appeared to be
small laud-locked bay, with a sandy beach,
about 60 yards to the right of the traditional
spot. i had never remarked this on any pre-
vious occasion. and the thought struck me that
/ must be on the exact spot where the ship an
chored during the night. It is plain. them that
the Captain at daylight, seeing this little sandy
bay about 400 to 600 yards distant, determined
to run his ship aground there, instead of
sailing up to the top of the bay, about two miles
distant. He accordingly took up the anchors
and put the ship before the wind, and in about
five minutes to his horror he perceived the
charming spot was not q landlocked bay, but
that what be before took for headland was
really en- island, with the wind sweeping furi-
ously down the narrow channel between IL
and the mainland, bringing a heavy sea
with it, accordingly he fell into place
where two seas met and owing to the altered
direction of the wind coming down the fun
mel or channel he could not haul close
and make the sand in time. but was car
ried to the rocks on his left. This, feel GER
tain, is the true Interpretation, and st. Luke
has described the spot exactly. Therefore it
cannot reasonably be doubted that st. Paul was
wreck ed at Malta" staD
Miss L. Toulmin Smith, n her article on
Malta in Encyclopaedia Britannica, says, The
gregale (EuroclydonB is strong northeast
wind which occasionally blows in the Winter
months with great fury and force for two or
three days together, especially in November
and February, rendering it dangerous to cross
the harbor, sometimes tearing up stone walls
aud landing steps, and otherwise doing much
damage" .3fifas