Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-10-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson v.-Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. e, 1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Now Paul is OF to Rome and has
been delivered from his enemies In
Jerusalem who so persistently sought
bis life. But the devil IL sometimes
permitted to rage on the sea as well
rs on the land. and Paul has more trou-
bles ahead. but we shall see God glor-
fed In all Then there are so many
'.handfuls Of purpose" to cheer US
along the way ruth IL. 16l and light
en- our journey. | hope he enjoyed
the sea voyages. for to me they are go
restful and even storms are magnifi-
Gently grand II one can keep a quiet
mind and body. He had at least one
good companion with whom he could
have good fellowship on the voyage.
Aristarchus Of Thessdlonica. who was
afterward a fellow prisoner with him
at Rome verse 2 and Col iv. 10,.
AT Sidon where the ship called. Paul
was given liberty to go TO his friends
and refresh himself verse 81. and this
much appreciated. They changed ships
at Myra. in Lycia some distance south
east of Ephesus. where they found
ship from Alexandria bound for Italy
They reached Crete safely. but. not
giving heed to Paurs advice to winter
there and thinking that they had
favorable wind. they set sail shall
never forget one of the most enjoyable
sea trips of my life from Port Said. In
Egypt. to Brtndist In Italy. in 1897
After some months of tropical heat In
China and India and the sail up the
Red sea. which the captain thought
must have been called Red because IL
was ned hot. thought l never had
anything quite SO enjoyable as that
sail Ny diary for Sept. Is 1897. says.
"Sighted Crete about noon and kept
along the southwest coast till night.
l was then writing notes on the sun
day school lessons just as / am today
and have been doing In the summer
months ever since 1857. How great
have been my privileges! To Him be
all the glory. Pardon this DEPRESSION
and give Paul and Crete the credit o
1t. The tempestuous wind and the
2o) did not come my way on the Medi
terranean- but have known some
thing Of 1t on other seas and been kept
In peace.
This was certainly a great storm
that this ship fell into. for neither SUI
nor stars were seen for many days
and all hope of surviving the storm
civ lyar Ia
Of the works Of the Lord and His won
ders In the deep and Of people at their
wits end and how He can make the
storm calm or in some other way
deliver Cps. evil 23-30p. After many
days and nights OF this great storm
Paul bad visitor from heaven. an
angel Of God. either the Lord Himself
a in xiii II, or one Of His faithful
Messengers, as In XII, 40, with 4
word OF good cheer for him and for all
On board. Oh, these wonderful angels
who excel La strength. who delight 10
do His bidding, who can run and re
turn like lightning. Cps. Gill %. 81
Eek. /, A. They have no fear and
seem to have ali power. Just think
OF this one finding this ship In the
midst Of this great storm and the one
man ON board Of all the 2T6 whom he
specially wanted verse 81.
Ii should comfort us to know thai
such friends as these are ever minis
tering unto US Heb. l. I'd The next
day after this VISIT OF the angel Paul
was able TO comfort all on board How
much even one person may do to help
others II be Is In touch with God,
Paul was able TO assure them that
there would be no loss Of life. not a
hair Of their heads harmed and to en-
courage them to eat something, for
they had eaten little or nothing for
fourteen days verses %. 1880. He
took bread and gave thanks to God In
the presence OF them all and began to
eat Then they all did eat and were
Of good cheer. Note Paurs message
concerning the angel visitor. The an
gel Of God whose l am and whom ]
serve" verse 23. and may the last
seven words be ours always from the
heart He certainly believed for him
self what he wrote to the Corinthians
"Ye are not your own. for We are
bought with price" Il Cor vi. 10. 20,
II ever man lived 1t out he did
and knowing what 1t meant to serve
the Lord with all humility of mind he
could urge others TO serve the Living
and True God (Acts Xxx. 10: Thess. 4
81. Then Us words of strength and
cheer to all these people were go grand
with eve-x nrosnact Q,rnanlv Spoak.