The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-27
PAUL'S VOYAGE.

PAUl'S VOYAGE.
 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in Him. and He shall b.n4- it to pass.-Psalms 13;5.
 The story of Paul's shipwreck has been examined in history and archae- Jlogy, and the course of the vessel followed, and Lukes narrative has been proven historical and accurate Jew chapters of the Bible hold tn,
 interest to their close like the twen ty-seyenth chapter of the Acts which .ells the story of Paul's voyage t. Rome The gospel was on the road now to qhe great city of Italy. Paul's PalestiRan experiences had prepa' d him Nor this voyage which woulC g,ve him abundant opportunity make known the power of God who's i he was and whom he served. In | his second letter to the Corinthians he enumerated a part of the har- rowing incident of his life work. ! Read them where is a life that has approached either their number or severity? "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one Thrice was I beaten with rods, | once was I stoned, thrice l suffered shipwreck, a night and a day l have been in the deep; in journeying | often, in perils of waters, in perlls of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heather, | in perils in the city, in perlls ln the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in peris among false brethern; in weariness and painfulness, in watch ings often, in hunger and thirst, 1 in fastings often, in cold and naked ] ness. Besides those things that are without. that which cometh upon me lailv. the care of all the churches"
 It was always an axiom in the
 1ostle's life that the good should bt
 acrificed for the better. When the ,essel was struck by the terror of
 he storm it was Paul who recon lended that the ship be lightened l The wheat" and the furniture was ast into the sea. The crew labor ed hard to save the cargo for it would bring a good price in Caesars capital, but sack by sack it was thrown into the sea that the lives of the men might be saved. Llte's baroue is laden with many things of value that must be cast overheard that the precious soul may be brought safely to port. There IS much of business and pleasure that is good, but if it bears down upon the life with a burden that Will ;wamp it, the good had best be dis carded for the better. What doth if profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" The story of this voyage is for all time; good things must be given up to, the better.
 They are foolish who think the! have to do with one world only. l;
 yould be sad indeed if we have 10 hope beyond. The struggles f'
 light and battles for others Woul' scarcely profit were there no re"ar' beyond the knocks and cuffs of tn world, There are few who enjo l he storms of the sea. Paul was al perfect rest in his experiences fol 1 he knew from whence his comfort came. The mariner had no compa" s with which to guide his vessel. anc must depend on the stars, BLACK night obscured the worlds above an' the storm blacker still shut out the heavens. Those sailors were com pelled to view the heavens to kno" their course. All hope that the! would be saved was now gone. Ther' are those who would say that re ligion is impractical. But never was it needed more than on this voyage | and never was it more practical, for it's results was the salvation o1 the lives of all that were on the ship. The astronomer gets worlc hearings when he studies the heav ems. The Christian, through the eye If faith, is able to look beyond the | heavens to the very throne of Coo and get his instructions that are accurate and will never fail. The l lowest life is better lived and the smallest duty better performed m the light of heaven.
 God does not forget those who re member Him. Commit thy way unt' the Lord, trust in Him, and he VII | bring it to pass. The angel ap- peared to Paul and assured him tha he would appear before Caesar, an that all that were on the vessel should be spared, but the ship woul;