The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-27
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SUNlNSQl0OL
LESSON
(By f. 0. SELLERS, Acting Director of
Sunday School Course, Moody Bible In
stitute, ChicAgo)
Copyright. 1915. Western Newspaper Union. J
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 20
THE VOYAGE.

LESSON TExT-Acts N1-3S.
GOLDEN TExT-Commit thy way unit
Jehovah; trust also in him, and he vi
bring 1t to pass.-Ps. S7:6.
Paul sailed from Caesarea Angus,
A. D. 80 (Ramsey), few days afte
bis address before Agrippa. n
reached Malta about November IL
Paul knew how to meet mobs
but none of his adventures are NOR
outstanding than the one we ar
studying today. Luke, his physician
was companion, and the historian
JOsephus, states thaN on board tn,
ship there were more than 600 peOpl,
travelling with Paul. Paul was maj
Of distinction, Roman citizen. H,
had his own hired house in Rome
Aristarchus may possibly have beer
his servant to furnish comfort fol
the journey. Ramsey believes Pau
had received hereditary property, thus
making him a Roman citizen Of rank
of learning and Of standing finan
cially.
I. Fair Weather and Contrary Wind,
| wv. 1-12). Sidon was about 7(
| miles north of Caesarea on the coast
! Of Palestine. Here Paul received lib
erty to go ashore and visit his Chris
! tlan friends. Myra Is in Asia Minor
1t requires ii days to reach this point
from Sidon, distance of about 4OC
miles. Here, instead of going up the
Aegean sea route, often used in going
to Rome, the centurion found a grain
ship bound from Alexandria to Italy,
and put his prisoners on board. Sep
TENDER 1 they started for Italy. The
direct course would have been west
ward, but the wind was contrary, and
the progress was slow. On the 23d
they were opposite Cnidus, the south
west point of Asia Minor, 100 miles
from Myra. September 25 they
entered the harbor of Fair Haven,
near the middle Of the south shore
of the island of Crete. The fast day,
October 5, the day of the great atone
ment, was observed In this place. The
question Of going farther was a de-
,batable one, yet the commander per-
sisted, and about the 10th Of October
they sailed for Fair Haven.
II. The Hurricane wv. 1920. TAX
ing advantage of a gentle wind they
Put out of Fair Haven, and almost
Immediately encountered the hurri-
cane 1t was perhaps hard for Paul
during those IA days to discern the
WISE gentle hand Of Cod. (Jonah
1-I. Gods most faithful servants do
not always find smooth sailing. (Phil.
4 e, Z; Isaiah 26:3; John 16 :33), but
they may, no matter how fiercely tenn
pest tossed, know that God has not
ceased to look upon them with favor.
Sometimes the best thing for us to
do, when thus tempest tossed, is ITO
tighten the ship" ". 18).
III. The Message Of Cheer: ~ Be-
Ieve God" wv. 20-26). Neither sun
nor stars having shone for many days,
and all hope that any should be saved
seemingly taken away, yet God Is able
to save in the darkness as well as in
the sunshine, in the tempest as well
as in the calm, and there was In that
boat one man at least whose hope was
not gone, for God had said to him,
Thou must bear witness at Rome
also" BID. Paul's message Of
cheer in the midst of this despair and
after they had been so long without
food, Immediately stamped him as a
leader of wisdom and power.
Paul could make this promise be-
cause IAN angel of God whose / am
and whom I serve" had come to him |
and assured him that God would re-
deem the promise made two years be-
fore. This implies that Paul had given
himself to prayer. Observe how one |
godly man can save many ungodly
men (Gen. 18 :22-33). Gods vision
came to Paul, but Paul used 1t for the
comfort and cheer of the whole ships
company CI Cor. 1-4). A modern IL
lustration of a similar experience was
that of Mr.. Moody and General How
ard, returning from Europe on the
steamship Spree In 1892.
General Howard relates that Mr..
Moody did great deal to cheer the
by both his words and his
lotions, during those days Of stress
Ind storm. The darker and stOrmier
he night the more likely are the
lngels of God to appear If we are in
Iced his ". %: CT. Oh. IS 1928 :11).
Sometimes these angels stand beside
IS and we do not see them, we are
aiken up with the darkness and the
Owling Of the storm. 1t Is a great
hing to be able to look up to the in .
mite God and say, II am his" To
make this statement intelligently, and
nth a deep realization of it's meaning
ill give significance and solemnity to
IL.
w. Paul, the Life Saver wv. 27-37).
aul did not stop with simply saying
nat God was his, but went on to say,
Whom also 1 serve" Many say they
re Gods but do not prove it by their
yes of service Paul loved to think
nd speak of himself as the servant OF
cd (Rom. /: 20; II Tim. 1 20; Titus
~. Some of the sailors thought to
unch the boat leaving the passengers
their fate.
All the hurricanes that ever struck
e sea or the ships Of the sea could
ELL - | i