Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON v, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. 81.


10. "And when the south wind blew
softly, surprising that they had obtained
their purpose. loosinr thence they sailed
c1oso NV Crete 5, p,,,l with Aristarcbns
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,.,' oa 80, y, ~
lulu" prisoner lAc's NiN' 80, Ooi' ~, ioN
Is now at sea Oh MS way 10 ROME IheV
touched at Sldom ana thence near cyprus
to Myra on the mainland of Lycia, in Asia
Minor There be was transferred to ship
of Alexandria bound for Italy, and after
many days OF slow sailing rounded the east
end of Crete and reached the Fair Ravens,
on the south coast of Crete. Here they
spent much time, until Paul advised them
not to venture farther on account of the
season, but the mastcr and owner and the
majority advised to try and reach the port
of Phenicc, little farther west in Crete
and winter there. So with light wind
they started, keeping as near the land as
possible. Paul is in the hands, humanity
speaking, of those who know not God but
he is really in the hands of God and can
trust Him TO manage
Il, 10. A mighty wind from the land
arose against which the ship could not bear
up, and they were compelled to let her run
before 1t. Was this of God or the devil that
they were thus driven out to seay We know
that satan Is the prince OF the power OF the
air and that he caused the wind that blew
down the house upon Jobs children and
Killed thcm (Jobi, 10, lH), but he could not
do it without God permission God con-
trolls the angels who control the winds, and
oven the stormy wind fultills His word
(Rev. vii, l; Ps. cxlYiii, s.. We must see
God alone.
l6, II. The storm increased. Under the
lee of the island of CLAUDIA they get the
small boat ON board which had evidently
been towing astern They somehow under
grid the ship, then lower the sail and let
her drive under bare poles. What about
the condition OF the passengers among the
PIG souls on board? (Nerse 81 Sailors are
not supposed to feel anything, never to
know they are sick till they are dead, but
many ordinary people DO get awfully sick
in storm. This must have been sad
ship And yet there were some on it very
dear to the Lord Jesus.
IS, 10. Exceedingly tossed with tenn
pest. Well, there is no use to say word
about TINS unless you have been in such
circumstances yourself. 1t was bad case,
and many doubtless wished that there was
no more sea (ReV Xxi, II. Yet even under
such circumstances the Prince OF Peace can
control ones heart. In health or sickness,
life or death, we can DO quiet in His low
ing care
20. All hope that we should be saved
was then taken away surely they were
at their wits end (Ps. evil, 2D, or, as in
the margin, "AIl their wisdom was swal-
lowed up, The case was, as far as human
eyes could see, utterly hopeless. 1t makes
one think Of the sinner having no hope
and without God in the world (Eph. ii,
12), or,as in Rom.V, e, without strength. "
But there is Saviour for the lost, and only
for such. He said, II came not to call the
righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
q. But after long abstinence Paul
stood forth in the midst of them. " They
had tasted for II days Verse 33), and must
nave 1eit 1uriorn indeed ana ready Tor Il
word OF comfort from any one who might
have 1t for them. None but God could
help or comfort them, and His servant is
ready to be the messenger. He is the Fa-
ther OF mercies and the God of all com
fort III Cor /, -, but we cannot fully ap
preciato it or Him till we get into strait
places.
% And now l exhOrt you to DO of
good cheer, for there shall be no loss of
any man 5 life among you, but of the
ship" He emphasized it by adding
There shall not an hair fall from tho
head OF any Of you, and he took bread
and gave thanks to God in the presence Of
them all and began to eat oversees 81, 35).
23. For there stood by me this night
the angel of God, whose am and whom l
serve. " This and the next two verses are
| to me the very heart OF this lesson Take
! the words God, whose l am, " and think
of what is included. His property, which
Hewill certainly carefor' His child, whom
He will certainly see to, loved by the Lord
Jesus as the Father loves Him (John XIV,
81, bought with the precious blood of
Christ and therefore as precious to God as
that blood is; parU of Christ Himself, a
member Of His body We need not hest
tate to say, The most high God, the pos
SCISSOR of hea,on and earth, owns me, " and
take all the comfort there is for us. Then
consider "whom / serve, ~ and remember
that wo cannot serve God and Mammon
neither can we serve Christ and please
men (Alath. vi, Pa Gal. i, 10.
"a. Saying, Fear not, PAUL. Thou