The Detroit times., 1916-10-27

/ nIhlF Abi UllhtfI. Nubl' iI'lt a
modern translation OF the Greek In
which be wrote
our voyage thus far had occupied
a considerable time. and the naviga
lion being now unsafe and the Fast
also already over Paul warned
/ them.
Sir ne said. 1 perceive that
before long the voyage Will be at.
| tended with danger and heavy loss.
not only 20 the cargo and the ship
| but To our own lives also.
but julius let himself be PEE
suaded b. the pilot and by the own
er rather than by Pauls arguments,
and as the harbor Was lnConNenient
| for Wintering in. the majority wcT,
I'm favor OF putting out 20 sea. 10
/ try whether they could get 10 Phoe
nix "A harbor on the coast o.
! Crete facing northeast and south.
| east 20 winter there. And a liEht
| breeze from the south sprang NJ,
SO they they supposed they Wer"
nov sure OF their purpose So
| weighing anchor they ran along the
coast Of Crete. hugging the shore.
but ~ was not long before IN
rious northeast wind. coming down
/ from the mountains, burst upon US
and carried the ship out OF her
course. She vas unable 10 make
headway against the gale. 40 We
! .aye Up and ltt her drive Then
We ran under the lee OF a little isl
and called Cauda. where We man.
aged with great difficulty 20 secutc
| the boat. and after hosting II on
! board they used trapping cables to
undergrad The ship, and, As they
we're afraid of Ieiug driven on the
Syrts qui,k,aud,. they lowered the
gear and lay to HUT as the storm
VAS st.U violent the next day they
began ju liEhtrn ihe snip and. on
The third DAY. with their own hands
lhcs threw the ships spar, geas
/ utwbuard Then. when for several
DAYS neither sun nor stars were seen
and Tie terrific gale Stlll harnesses
us. the last ray of hope was nu~
vanishing
when for a long time they had
taken bur little food. Paul standing
~ among them, said
SIT. YOU ought 90 hay" listened
20 me and net have sailed from
crete You would then have cScdp-
rd thi- suffering and loss but now
TAX, courage. for there will be n"
destruction OF LIE among you. bgt
of tho snip only For there stood
by my side, last night. An angel OF
the God r1 whom ! belong, and
whom also worship and lie said.
"'" pi~mj.. al fear Paul. FOR YOU
must stand before Caesar and tod
has granted you he lives Ui an who
are sailing with sou
Therefore sirs. take courage
FOR believe cod and am convinced
that things Viii happen exactly as /
have been told BGt 80 are iu De-
stranded ON a certain island.
"lt was now the fourteenth night.
and Vo were drifting thru the Sea
of Adria. Rhon. about midnight tho
sailor. suspected that land was close
AZ hand So they hove tho lead and
found $50 faihows ~ water and
after a hort time they hove again
and found 10 Hthoms Then for
fear Of possibly running ON rocks.
'rpy threw out tour anchors from
the stern and waited tmpati'u'l'
for DAYLIGHT. The sailors, hoWcveG
wanted 20 make their escape from
The ship. and had lowered M" boat
INTO the sea. pretending that th"N
were. gong 20 lay oUt anchors from
the bow But Paul addressing Ju
Aus and the soldiers said,
Your lives Viii be- sacrificed. un
Jess these mon remain on board
Then the soldiers cat The ropes
Of tho ships boat and le' her fal.
cT
"hnd continually up to day
break Paul kept urging all on board.
to take some food
Thi. ls the fourteenth day he
said 'tlat YOU have been anvtouslt
waiting for The storm 90 cease. an
have tasted eating little or moth NJ
/ therefore strongly advise yo1 tD
take sons food This is essential fer
your safety For not a hair VIII per
ish from The head OF any one ~
you
Having said this ne took som,
bread. and, after giving thank
God for n before them all. h. hroit'
n I'm pieces and began 10 eat 10 Tha
raised the spirits of AT, and they
too. took food There were 376 Of
us. crow and passengers, all told
After eating hearty meal they
lFhtoncd thc ship by throwing the
wheat overheard"
a Prisoner 70 the Fore
Al
Paul In all The experience of th"
voyage lie was only a passenger
and "A prisoner Yet his counsel was
taken before that 81 the experts The
reason is simple Capt. julius and
cyrrybodv aboard the ship knew
Paul for r. distinguished parsonage
who had received marked attention
from two cOy"rnnrs and a king, ana
VINO was bound for Rome with an
appeal 10 Caesar himself More
than that the personality of the man
indicated his pre-emincnce. In
time Of trouble real ability comes
To tho fore Adversely tests men
In many a battle. the sergeant or
corporal has gone before tho cap
tain or the lieutenant Every criti-
cal situation reveals new heroes
and leaders because Paul was the
greatest man aboard the ship, he
naturally assumed the leadership
Aitho they did not fully undcr
stand Tho significance. all the men
aboard the boat realized that this
man Paul had personal relations
with the Supreme Ruler of sea and