The Detroit times., 1916-10-27

. Luke. IN whose ears was The SlIIek
Of the wind. and beneath whose feet
| he FRAN bark had trcmhled. and
who had shared In all the counsels
| ~ the storm tossed leaders, tell the
story for himself / quote from a
modern translation OF the Greek In
which he wrote
Our voyage thus far had occupied
considerable time and the naviga
| ton being now unsafe and the Fast
also already over. Paul warned
| them.
Sir. ne said, ! perceive that
before long the voyage viii be at,
| tended with danger and heavy loss,
not only to the cargo and the ship
but to our own lives also
But Julius LEI himself be pe-
| suaded by the pilot and by the own
or rather than by Pauls arguments
and at the harbor was inconVenieni
| for wintering in. the majority were
In favor OF putting out TO sea. 90
| try whether they could get 10 Phoe
niX-a harDor on the coast o.
| Crete facing northeast and south
| east-tu winter there. And light
| breeze from the south sprang up
so they they supposed they were
now sure OF their purpose. 80
weighing anchor they ran along the
coast OF Crete. hugging the shore.
But # was not long before a fu
rious northeast wind, coming down
| from the mountains. burst upon Us
| and carried the hlp out OF her
course. she was unable 10 make
| headway against the gale, so W
gave up and let her drive. Then
We ran under the lee OF "A little isl
and called Cauda. where We man
aged with great difficulty 10 secure
| The boat. and after hosting Il on
board, they used frapp.ng-Cables 10
undergrad The ship and, as they
were afraid OF Hc'ng driven on Tho
Syrts quicksands they lowered the
gear and lay 20 But as the storm
was still violent. the next day they
began 20 tighten the ship. and, on
the third day. with their own hands
they threw the ships spare gear
overheard Then. when for several
DAYS neither sun nor stars were. seen
and the terrific gale s'ill harrasSce
US, the last ray or nope was no"
vanishing
when for Tong time they had
taken uuf little food, Paul, standing
up among them, said,
SIT. you ought 20 have listened
20 nae and nor have sailed trum
Crete You would then hay, rsCap-
Ga his suffering and loss But now
take courage, for there will br no
destruction OF lifc among YOU. hgl
~ the ship only For tner" stood
by nay side, lusi night an angel OF
Tie God 20 whom belong and
HON also { worship. and he said.
Dismiss au feat Paul for YOU
must stand before Caesar. and cod
has granted YOU the live Of all VITO
are sailing ~Ih yuI
Therefore airs. take courage
for believe cod and am convinced
that thing. WIFI happen exactly As !
have been told But Ve are 20 bo
stranded on q certain island
EFT WAS noa he fourteenth night
and We WEI, drifting thru tho Sea
Of Adrla. when. about midnight. the
sailors suspected that land was close
n hand So hey hove The lead and
found ~ rathome Of water and
after short time they hove again
and found 10 Dhoma Then for
fear of possibly running ON rocks
'acy throw out four anchors from
tho stern and waited impaf'cutN
t1r daylight The sailors however
wanted 20 make their 'nap' fro"
~, ship. and had lowered tho boat
into fbe sea. pretending that then
wcr" going 20 lay ogt anchors from
the bow But Paul, addressing Jd.
Illus and The soldiers. said
Your lives viii be- sacrificed, un
joss these men remain on board
- hon the soldiers cut the ropes
Of the ships boat and 'et her tah
On
q.