The Detroit times., 1916-11-01

syoslaYmrs call thu spot ~. PAU FL
lAy Is one %, ,ny great utut
places ot earth IN i> a rocky Vit os
.aui. L. l. miles loug Snd ) "a miles
-.Ic. almost midway lctwcen b..
..pe and Africa IN NE Nedltvrran
,au--4tv llits from Europe, and 80
..l Africa, .ui only 90 Mles .rum
le .-laAd o. sicily 10 MAS settled
us bee FhoeniClaus. ana the natives
'..r s..l predonmently OF thaJ stock
al lo4s Malta came under British
Ig... Jut from period prior Jo our
SESSION ls many centuries I had been
Is .g.4- ID, nations. For centuries ID
aa. ruled by tie Knights ot Malta.
.s .ge.r omciais uuc ran, The
/ Na.gats a.. 81 john OF Jerusalem. A
.au4-su ,rat,TuS, order IL tal.ru
II. hn.sht> OF Malta Ins popu
iIa.qu OF ,hc island has yasl,, IL.
ere tsed ~ late. and now numbers
I4a.- l.dn 200 600.
These facts concerning Malta H.
self Sre stressed. No, only for their
nlereut interest uut also because
hey help make rea, the place OF
FsuIs sAipwreck In teaching he
Bille no task is more dtfncult than
,c bring the events down out % tho
realm " GnreaAty r i hard %
realize that what Dr Luke wrote IN
the Book % he Acts Is as accurate
~ historical as the events We read
about IN our reNspa per, Paul MAS
real naH. who swan ashore ,hru
real water from the wreck Of a real
ship OF 20 a real is'and a. a point
that NAY 70 his day 5e visited
KiraHrss a Viper srd a Man
Since the Maltese who watched
he escape ct the sh.pw-ecked crew
and passengers we're neither Greeks
nor Romans, they we're. n ,he
speech Of the DAY, called 'aarbay.
laus" or foreigners They r@reiy
81 the strangers With more courtesy
thar .s often shown to aliens in our
own land The weather Was cold
and rainy so the natives kin1led a
Ere FOR he comfort ot he strangers
Eas.lg srst among the bedraEgled
crew ,hs- had been driven ashore 5y
tie storm was Paul. the deiiverer OF
them al He m sh' reasonably have
leld leYee and received the con
Eratl.a,iors anu thanks of his ship
mates Thar was not his way When
-as Spite OF service grips a man it
makes bin, helper In A.ngs small
and great Even as Jesus helped our
H. a soc.a, difficulty az cana. so paul
Quietly Sc, about gathering arewoo
When We were BOYS We had diEcul-
. with fellows Who would no, do
their share q work Tor the bonfire,
and We had 2 slogan chip or run '"
which meant get busy or get our ="
Paul was ready FOR even smaN WAYS
% ministsring % Zen After all.
every grea, LIE of service IS made
Up OF small deeds often repeated
The Pauline spir, breattes thru
Aa.t5ie L BabcQck's ines.
9 Lord. pray
That frr 'H.s @aV
( may net swerv. ~
Rr t.st a- hand
From Trr command
No. o. b served -.t 20 sHrys
ra;s i tls. t-sn :. -: aay 0w
Nor pride prevent
Ny god -t-rt
No, 90 b. p.~ssei.-slt o. r'ease
Ard - 7 Tay
: nass 'H.s fav
StrerE-- from srg-s
70 s-t -ay heart
n heavenly a.
Not 20 se loved bu: 20 love"
Bearing an a-mlosd - ar-aool
Paul approached The blaze and tH-
warmth ot the fire drew from ou.
Tie heap q viper whlsh. ripertasL
ION. fastened Itself n hts hand
Aha" cried he suRrstiucus ia
tlvss % murderer He escspeL tt-
sea 1l, justice has got tira." a per
fec case Of circum5tau,.al eyI3ence.
Men have been hanged for less
With popping eyes. The group about
The big Ere looked 20 see this vie
tin u he HTath u tho gods swell
Up ard fall dead Instead. Paul
shook tHe creature into The FIRE it
Re aat been modern sentimen 'alist.
OF an indian JAIN, ~ would have SET
g. at l.ssr'v and provided food f1- ~.