The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-30
PLEASANT FIELDS OF HOLYwRlT
THE INTERNATIONAL sUHDAY.soHOOL
LEBsON


LESSON
Oelohsr 81. 1857. Acts xvii, 10 20.
PAUL's VOYAGE AND sHIPWRECK.
on the dark background of this terri
BILE storm at sea Paul's character shines
with It's fullest luster: his dauntless
courage, practical wisdom, command
ing spirit, tender and helpful consider
ateness Of his suffering fellow crea-
lures, all appear The apostle
had not exposed himself to the perlls of
this voyage by his own caprice, Fes-
tus, as an act OF Cancellation toward the
Jews, proposed TO send Paul 10 Jerusa-
lem for trial. But the prisoner knew
his danger OF assassination. and, as a
last resort, he used his Roman right OF
appeal. So, manacied TO soldier
as he had been for two years, he went
on board OF cOasting vessel In the
harbor OF Caesarea, with other PRISON.
ers, in charge of the friendly centurion,
julius, He had for travelling eompan-
ions, Arlstarchus, his FAITHFUL Macedo-
Man convert, and Luke, who watched
Pauls health and kept record OF the
voyage. TO human appearances
Paul had only escaped the wrath Of
man to be exposed TO the wrath Of the
elements, II IL late in the season. That
most treacherous sea Is already unsafe
Winds become unfavorable, Progress
Is retarded. The typhoon, tornado
with whlrl," seizes the vessel. The
captain showed the best seamanshlp OF
his age, but II was all IN vain. ,
lIt was then that Paul, as II by the suf-
frage OF all on board, became practi-
ealiy the commander Of the vessel,
Partly through his natural sagacity and
through his large eXperience-he having
already been thrice shipwrecked in
these waters-and partly through reve-
lation of God, he directed to a course
which saved the lives Of all on board,
The great transport, previously strip
ped of her last spar and sail and emptied
OF her cargo, goes to pieces in the boil
Ing surf; but Its entire population OF 276
souls stand saved on the storm-beaten
shore OF the island OF Malta.
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES.
The ship was caught: A ship captain
recently said to me, in relating an an
ecdote Of his own experience in Cretan
waters. 1.-The wind came down from
those mountains III TO blow the ship out
OF the water" Ramsay. Could
NV bNal up Nthlh llOl lpOh NAN MAAAb
In the eye" Let her drive: "Scud be-
fore the wind" Undergirding;
The rope was slipped under the prov
and passed along to any part Of the keel
which they pleased, and made fast on
the deck. Barnes. The quick
sands; Here Virgil placed the ship
wreck Of Aeneas. Cast out tack
ling Beds, tables and chests; work
OF little value. but they were eager to
| do something. This makes "A striking
picture of growing panic. Ramsay Z.
| Sun nor stars; Having no compass, they
could not know In what direction they
were being driven. Paul said: The
| drifting ship held no Jonah, but a Paul
Butler. Ye should have hearken-
cd: Not reproach, but TO show his claim
to their confidence In the present COM
municatlon. Hackett. Be of
good cheer: Paul did not avail himself
OF the gift Of prophecy until he received
command to do so. Lange. . |
believe God: Their hope In these bright
words was reinforced by Pauls confess
| sion. Butler. Cast upon cer-
tain island: Like all prophetic an
nouncements, this of Paul's is only par
tlal. Ibid.
THE TEACHERS CULVER.
az This has been called the sailors
| chapter, Nelson read Il before CopeR-
| hagen. II suggested an expedient which
contributed to victory. The chapter has
been subjected TO scientific examination
and demonstrated correct, Renan ad-
mlts 1t to be authentic. (2) Paul, unlike
| Chesterfield. was not inclined to sleep
in the carriage" In the Journey of his
life. He had tender and practical in
terest In his fellow passengers. (3) II
was the will OF God that all on board
should be saved. but not Independently
OF the means. They must do all that
| judgment and experience suggest. So
God Wills the salvation of all, but not
without use OF resources at command,
| No man gets TO heaven merely by Gods
| willing that he should go there. az The
nautical figures which Paul uses may
have been suggested by this experience:
viz, "shipwrcck Of faith" and anchor
OF the soul" (5) StfIler accounts for
the minute particularly of the MARIA
tive (which seems somewhat out of pro-
portiOn) by the extreme historical Inn
portance OF the voyage. It is the trans
\ ference of Christianity from an old TO
n new center Of power-from Jerusalem
to Rome. (6) Whose am and whom
serve" Graphic description of the
Christian, ITO belong to God Is the sum
Of religion: the correlative is to serve
| him"