The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27

tics and petty kings. Paul is thru
with his adventures on land, for
time, at least, and takes chip 1or
Rome. He has appealed to Caesar and
to Caesar he must go. Here beglns
the most famous sea voyage in all III
erature.
These waters of the Mediterranean,
which shine SO blue as they lap the
Gus and powerful and treacherous as
the midAtlantic. All the literature
of the classics that deals with the sea
means this Middle ~ea" or Greal
Sea- now newly in the WorIo
thought because of the troop SHIPS ana
war vessels that at the present time
crowd its waters. 1 myself have sailed
most of the seas of earth, but none
can approach in historic interest OF
natural beauty this great land-locked
sea which has borne upon its bosom
the commerce and navie; of all the
great nations from remotest antiquity.
Pitifully small to our eyes seems
the craft in which Paul embarked
for his momentous voyage. 1t could
be hidden in one of the holds of a
modern liner. 1t had no motive power
except heavy sails and man-puiied
oars 1t was entirely of wood, ana
or any of the other safety devices OF
modern seamanship. When trouble
arose it could not call by wireless
and when stars and sun were biotteo
out, the mariners were at deao Ioss'
for they had no compass. Stout were
the hearts of the sailors who adVen-
tured the cruel Mediterranean in
such frail vessels.
A Voyage of Romance.
Because the greatest historian IN
the world was aboard the little boat
as companion to the distinguished
prisoner, Paul of Tarsus, we have
graphic account of the storms and
| final shipwreck. DIR. Luke and Broth
er Aristarchus of Thessalonlca were
the sort of friends who stand by in
adversely. Aristarchus, it will be re-
membered was with Paul in the riot
at Ephesus, and underwent imprison-
ment for him. OF him, and two 9TH
ers. the apostle wrote at the close of
his letter to the Colossions, They are
men who have been a comfort to me-
| What it meant to Paul, as he saw the
shores of Caesarea fade, to have by
his side Luke, the peerless historian,
whose writings we are now studying,
and Aristarchus, the humble, devoted
| helper, who was ever alert to ease his
| leaders lot, we can easily imagine. In
heavens histories account is taken of
all these inconspicuous sharers in a
great work. There the wives of the
ministers, the women who support the
prayer meetings and missionary soci-
cites and teach the Sunday school
classes will not be without their need
of reward.
Because DR.. Luke, with his OBJ
servant eye, was aboard the ship, we
have this complete record of the ro-
mantle voyage. He makes us see. by
a few lines, the gentlemanly officer
Captain julius; the. few other pris-
oners; the brutal soldiers, the cow
ardly sailors and the thrifty owner
We can follow every mile of the great
journey.
Sfdon. rock-bound old Sidon, with
its streets vauited like tunnels, and
it's effulgent orange groves, was the
first stop, and there, by the courtesy
of julius, Paul was allowed to fellow
ship with his friends. Thence the
boat bore across the sea, under the
lee of Cyprus (now British island
where the warships forgather) AND
ran up the coast of Asia Minor, along
the route at present patrolled by the
allied fleet. That carried them past
Paurs old home, Tarsus. We wonder
what were his sensations as he stood
by the rail, looking toward the fanli1-
lar Cilician plain, and the Taurus
mountains beyond.
At Myra the prisoners were trans.
| ferred to another ship, one from Alex.
andria, in Egypt. bound for Italy
This was the craft which, with the
276 souls aboard, underwent the Later
furies of the storm The real trouble:
) began at Crete. where the ship sough
for harbor at Fair Ravens. This wa.
the same Crete that we have of late
been reading about in the newspapers
which has revolted from the Athen.
5 government, and in which Mr.. Vene
zelos has raised the standard Of re
bellion.
= An Old Sea-TaIe.
From this point, let us permit DIR
3 Luke, in whose ears was the shrek o
the wind, and beneath whose feet tn,
frail bark had trembled, and who hat
shared in all the counsels of tn,
= storm-tossed leaders, tell the story TO
!, himself l quote from modern trans
lation or the Greek in which he wrote
Our voyage thus far had occupies
a considerable time, and the naviga
!, ton being now unsafe and the fas
f also already over, Paul warned them
Sirs,' he said, perceive that be
. fore long the voyage will be attende
: with danger and heavy loss, not onl
t to the cargo and the ship but to GU
r own lives Also
But julius let himself be persuade
by the pilot and by the owner rathe
than by PauPs arguments; and as tn
harbor was inconvenient for winter
ing in, the majority were in favor @
It putting out to sea. to try whether the
: could get to Phoenix-a harbor o
:, the coast of Crete facing northeast an
southeast-to winter there. And
o light breeze from the south sprang I'll
J. 50 IHdl tIlcy supposed lney were no.
O sure of their purpose. So weighin
:, anchor they ran along the coast c
u Crete. hugging the shore.
e But it was not long before a fur
e Gus northeast wind, coming dow
n from the mountains. burst upon US an
= carried the ship out of her course. Sh
was unable to make Roadway again:
q the gale: SO we gave up and let he
n drive. Then we ran under the lee of
If little island called Cauda, where W
=. managed with great difficulty to 81
cure the boat; and, after hosting
u on board, they used Trapping ables t
l. undergrad the ship. and, as they wei
Is afraid of being driven on the Syrt
"a quicksands, they lowered the gear an
lay to. But as the storm was sti
II violent, the next day they began I