The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1916-10-27
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 29
THE VOYAGE

was If-I. |f4r ana The historian
J0syph-s states That 900 board ,h
ship there Were more than GII r,nTl
uLyeI.l- will raul Paul was d mai
Of distinction. O Roman citizen. III
lad bis own Tired house .n Rome
. ariStarahus may possibly have hee,
. his servant SO furnish comfort t1
. the journey Ramsey believes Pau
. had received hereditary property thus
making him "a Roman citizen Of rank
OF learning and Of standing imam
csally.
{. Fair Weather and Contrary Wind.
tvv. 1-I-D. S.dou was ahou, "a
miles north OF CacSarea 90 the c5as,
OF Palestine Here Paul received l.b.
erty TO 20 ashore and visit bis Chris.
tan friends. Myra is ln Asia Minor,
L requires Il days 10 reach this p0.l,
from Sidou, a distance Of about go
miles. Here. instead Of going up the
Aegean sea route often used 10 going
20 Rome the centurion found a grain
ship bound from Alexandra 20 Italy.
end pat his prisoners % board Sep
TENDER ! they started Tor Italy. The
direct course would have been west
ward. but the wind was contrary. and
the progress was slow On the I'd
they Were opposite CnIdus, the south
west point of Asia Minor. $50 miles
from Myru. September - they
entered the harbor % Fair Haven.
near the middle Of the south shore
of the island of Crete The fast day.
October o, the day Of the great atone
meut WAS observed 10 this place. The
question Of going farther was de-
tatable one, yet the commander per
sisted. and about the 10Th u October
they sailed for Fair Haven.
~. The Hurricane wv. 1890. TAX.
Ing advantage Of gentle wind they
Tut out Of Fair Haven. and almost
Immediately encountered the hurri-
cane. It was perhaps hard fdr Paul
during those "A days 20 discern the
wise, gentle hand OF God. tJonah
Ia. Gods most faithful servants do
Dot always find smooth sailing. tPhu
:; Isaiah 25:3; John 10 83). but
they may, no matter how fercrly TEN
pest tossed, know that Cod has cot
ceased to look upon them with favor.
the best thing for Us TO
10, when thus tempest tossed. Is ~to
ighten the ship" ~. Isl.
Many Of Us are carrying too much .
largo for such stormy voyage as
lis world presents and the tempest
$ often Gods call 20 unload meh.
81; Phil. SIS; Math. lG 90.
Their greatest danger was lest they
h0uld fall into Quicksand. II was
ndeed a dark and doubtful situation.
10. The Message Of Cheer: 81 Be-
ieve Coz wv. 1920. Neither sun
or stars having shone for many days
nd all hope that any should be saved
eemingly taken away. YET God is able
o save In the darkness as well as In
be sunshine, In the tempest as well
: 10 the calm, and there was 10 that
cat one man at least whose hope was
OF gone, for God had said 10 him
Thou must bear witness at Rome
so t23:lD. Paul's message OF
leer in the midst Of this despair and
tter they had been so long without
'od Immediately Stamped him as q
ader Of wisdom and power In the
-esence Of passengers and sailors he
agsn his message by saying that they
I'D come into this disaster By neglect.
Z his advice two weeks before He
fers 10 this in order to inspire CONF.
nee n his message. that there
ould be no loss Of any mans life
1ong them.
Paul could make this promise be. &
use "an angel Of God whose I am q
ID whom l serve" had come 70 him s
d assured him that God would 70 a
EN- the promise made two year. - g
re This impics shat Paul had given O.
nself 10 prayer. Observe how one d
dly man can save many unrodly ..
n tGen. IS :22-S3J. Gods vision II
me TO Paul, but Paul used II for the 81
mort and cheer Of the phole shin. D
npany Oh Cor. IA. A modern IL 81
'trauon Of similar experience was u
II Of Mr.. Moody and General How 81
returning from Europe on the
Spree In 1892. 9
General Howard relates that Mr. u
'ody did great deal 10 cheer the ,
'sengers, by both his words and hls
ions, during those days Of str,-..
storm. The darker and storp,ar
night the more likely are the
'eis % Gcc 70 appear II we are in.
d his ". %: CT Oh. 1y:e-23 III. W
'omedmes these angels stand beside p
anu We do not see them. we are
en- up with the darkness and the
Wing Of the storm. Il is rras,
lg TO be able n look I'd 10 the In W,
te God and say, u am his" To
Ae this statement intellicenty. and d..
deep realization Of It's meaning ~.
give significance and solemnl,y to NV
'. Paul, the Life Saver wv. 27.g7,
j did not stop with simply saving
God was his, but went on TO saw
hon also l serve" Many say tbev o..
Gods but do not prove It by tbsly o..
s OF service. Paul loved to think -
speak Of himself as the Servant NJ t
(Rom. 10; II Tim. Ia: Tin. a.
!. Some OF the sailors thought 10
.ch the boat leaving the passenger,
heir fate.
. the hurricanes that ever s+rr,s
sea or the ships Of the sea copId
prevent the fulhllment OF Gods "a y
nlses' and Paul fully accepted tbs wi W..
lheanee Of Gods word fear not ,sa