Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-10-28
SUNDAY. SCHOOL LESSON AND
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News of Interest to Church Goers- By a
Writer Who is An Authority on Religious
Subjects. The International Lesson for
Next Sunday.

although Paul warned him that to
leave would be destruction; SO in the
face of dangerous storms, as October
is the month of the terrible North
casters, the ship tried to make
Phoenix, another port on the same
island of Crete, in order to lie up for
the winter. This effort failed, and the
throwing over of the cargo, casting
out of the anchors, and binding the
hull with great ropes, all failed to
avert shipwreck.
All Winds Are Good Winds.
Whichever way the wind doth blow
Some heart is glad to have it so
Then blow it east or blow it west,
Whatever wind doth blow is best"
Paul was not of those who find
fault with the weather; he recognized
it as Gods weather, on the same err
rand and serving the same Master as
himself. 1t is comforting assurance
that the Ruler Of wind and, wave"
uses both men and the natural ele-
ments to work out his purposes. The
very heart of faith is to believe that
whatever. God sends is good His
winds never thwart his will. He had
decreed that his minister Paul should
go to Rome: to accomplish that end
he would if necessary unleash all the
winds that he holds in his fist. Well
could Paul be at peace, for he knew
that there was not water enough in
the restless Middle Sea to drown the
men whom the Lord needed at Rome.
Few experiences call for more faith
than storm at sea. The landsman
oon hn in
potence of the waters, and the utter
helplessness of mortal power, in a
great tempest. l have sailed this
same tempestuous Mediterranean, in
vessel not much larger than Pauls
and l have been night to death In a
still Trailer craft in this treacherous
Yellow Sea, and can testify that the
might of man is impotence when the
sea lifts UP it's head.
Jesus slept in a storm at sea; an6
| the same untroubled heart seems tc
have been in Paul's breast. The con
trast between his course and that Of
Jonah in these same waters is worth
recalling. Paul could trust God which
ever way the wind blew. Faith is mo-
faith which disappears when trouble
draws near. Some persons think the!
have reason to rebel against Goc
whenever his mysterious providence
touch them, as in the death of {
loved one. Genuine faith, though, crie'
with Job, Though he slay me, ye
will I trust him.
Too Much Cargo.
Caught by the sailors old enemy
the Northeaster (Which the translator
conceal under the Greek nam
"Euroclydon" or 'Euroquilo") tn
vessel was allowed to drive. Under
girding the ship with cables, t
strengthen the imperilled hull, Will
under the lee of little island, the
took in sail, and cast off once more
to escape the treacherous sands @
Syrtis. Now it became necessary t
begin to throw overheard the needles
furniture of the ship-using discrim
; nation at first, but afterward giving t
the waves what they had at frs
) though necessary to keep. Even tn
cargo had to go by the board, In thi
} blind driving over a sunless, starles
Z sea, with, of course, no mariners con
} pass to direct the helm.
The lesson is one for life as we'll a
5 for seamanship. Many human era
/, are in peril in today's strerr becaus