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By JO H N DICKINSON SH ERM AN
r ---- -— v 11E last of the d ip p e r
ships sailed Into New
York h a rb o r w ith her
last cargo th e o th er
day.
She w a s the
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B enjam in F. P ackard.
w ith lum ber from 1’u-
g e t sound via the
P anam a canal which
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» u s not even begun
w hen she w as built.
It w as a solem n m oment for ('a p t. Han
M artin and his crew. In a sp irit th a t
hefltled th e occasion they ra ised a
chantey, an old. fa m ilia r c h an tey th a t
is as m uch out of d a te us th e P a c k ard
herself ‘‘W hisky for my Jo h n n y !" It
w as the requiem for a n o th e r A m erican
In stitu tio n gone—th e clipper ship, th e
loveliest c ra ft th a t ever d elighted a
sa ilo r's eye.
T he P ack ard , for a c lip p e r ship. Is
a youngster. S he's only fo rty -th re e
y e ars old. T h a t’s because she was
built a f te r the heyday o f th e clipper
w as past. And sh e 's sound. T h a t's
because she w as built at R ath, Maine,
o f oak and yellow pine, w ith copper
fnstenlngs. She w as put to g e th e r to
stHy, for th e re 's rough w e a th e r 'round
th e H orn w here She w as hound.
L a te r th e P a c k a rd w as engaged In
tra d e betw een Liverpool and Mel­
bourne. Still la te r she w as used In
th e A laska salm on trad e . (Ince us
fa s t hn any d ip p e r ship afloat, th e
P a c k a rd Is now too slow— and too old-
fashioned and too uneconom ical to he
useful In a m arin e w orld of oil burning
ste e l steam ers. W hat will he h e r fate?
T h e Jnnk h e a p —u n less som e puhlle-
nplrlted citizen rescues h e r and pre
se rv es her a s a relic.
T im e Is rem orselessly sw eeping all
th e sailing ships from th e m erchant
m arin e s of th e civilized w orld. Many
a m nn still h ale and h e a rty h a s seen
th e beginning and th e end of ste a m ’s
driving out canvas. A nother old tim e r
now being broken up In San F ra n c isco
hay Is a fuil-rlggetl sh ip S an ta
C lara, built at R ath about ten years
b e fo re th e P ack ard . H er last service
w as betw een th e A laska fisheries and
San F ra n c isco T h e Inst of th e old-
tim e w halers, the C harles W M organ
o f New Redford, w as laid aw ay th e !
o th e r day In h e r home port a fte r
e ighty fo u r y ears of voyaging on the
Seven Sens.
How fu scinatlng Is th e evolution of
th e L ev iath a n of today from th e dug-
out of th e p re h isto ric sa v a g e ) Pos­
sibly th a t evolution. If we could trac e
It. It a fa ir re co rd of m a n s grow th
In m ental pow er ami m astery o f the
aecrets of nature. Who fashioned th e
first keel? Who a tta c h e d the first ruil
der? Who first contrived to sail to
w indw ard? Im p o rta n t things th ese
on such hangs m uch o f th e history of
th e w orld
II w ss D rake and hla sea
c a p ta in s who saved E ngland from the
Spanish A rm ada and m ade h e r 'M is
tre s a of th e S e a t" b ecau se th e ir
h a n d y little ships could sail rings ,
aro u n d the unw ieldy floating c itad els i
o f the S p an iard I
W hen m an first v en tu red on th e open
sea he kept w ithin sight of land. In
due tim e cam e th e com pass and the
c h a rt and the nhllty 1« find th e s h ip s
la titu d e and longitude.
T he first recorded m ention of a ves
eel tells of a w arsh ip In E gypt, Ik MO I
11. (.’.- a w a r-h ip , th e re fo re th ere w ere
o th er w arsh ip s a n d also m erchant
•hips.
T he P h o en ician s w ere the
g re atest se a fa rin g people of a n tiq u ity ,
F rom 700 to 30 R C. th e Rom an tri .
rente w as th e m ost pow erful w a rsh ip ; ,
In SOO 11 C II w as 1 to fe et In length
and 25 feet In b re a d th a n d c arrie d 290
men,
Colum hua by discovering A m erica an I
one foot below th e su rfa ce , n e s r th e
P ik e ’s peak and O cean ..u lo highw ay,
w hich eras tra v e rse d as a p a rt of th e
old O regon tra il a t one tim e and som e
m em ber of an early c ara v a n e v id e n t­
ly lost th e coin In cro ssin g th e coun­
try . It Is probable th a t It bad lain
b urled for about ldtv years.
to ry ." In E ast Ruston, beginning w ith
1845, be built fifty vessels. In 1853 lie
launched ten vessels w ith an a g g reg a te
o f 24,000 tons, valued a t $80 a ton.
Am ong th e fam ous clip p er sh ip s he
designed und built w ere the F lying
Clouil, Sovereign of th e Seas, G reat
Republic, and the F lying Fish. T he
G re at Republic, fo r exam ple, w as
laun ch ed In th e p resence of a crowd
of 60,000 people. She w as 325 fee'
in length, 53 In b re ad th , 37 In depth
and her to n n ag e w as 4,000.
T he F lying Cloud once sailed from
! New York to San F rancisco, round the
H orn, in eighty-nine days, eighteen
hours. T h e O regon's fam ous run In
th e Spanish-A m erican w a r w as from
San F rancisco to Santiago, Cuba, In
seventy-live days. F ig u re It all out
anil th e re Is not m uch difference In
speed. And th e Com et reduced tha
Flying Cloud's record to eig h ty -th ree
day s!
Some of th e clipper sh ip re co rd s a re
m arvelous, even In th is day o f steam .
' In 1854 the L ightning ra n from Boston
I to Liverpool, 2,827 m iles. In th irte e n
d a y s ; she ra n In slxt.v-four days front
M elbourne to Liverpool, 12.270 miles.
In 1805 the N ightingale ra n from Mel­
bourne to New York, 12,720 m iles, in
sev en ty -th ree days.
And th ese clip p e r ships w ere th e
loveliest c ra ft to th e eye th a t ever
sailed th e seas. T h e first one turned
out w as th e R ainbow , b u ilt In B a lti­
m ore In 1843 for th e C hina trad e . She
w as longer th a n th e m erch an t ships
of h e r day and w ith less beam . She
had a s h a rp how and all h e r hull lines
w ere graceful. She w as sm all—only
750 to n s - hut she w as am ple demon
stra tlo n o f th e revolution th a t had
been b rought about.
W hen such ships a s the F lying Cloud
began to show w h at th e A m erican
clip p er ship could do. th e m aritim e
w orld gasped In a sto n ish m en t. “C a r­
ry o n ’" w as th e m otto of the Y ankee
cap tain . N othing short of a gale could
m ake hint re d ac e s a il; his ship w as
able and th e h a rd e r It blew the sh o rte r
the voyage. And he c a rrie d on by
night a s well as by ilay, w hile o rd i­
n ary shipping hove to In heavy w e ath ­
e r am i reg u larly reduced sail during
th e night w atches.
But w hile th e A m erican clip p e r ship
w as m aking history -ami th e B ritish
w ere quick In Im itation ste am had be­
gun to d e m o n stra te its power. In 1833
cam e th e side-w heeler T en y e ars la
te r cam e th e Iron hull. Ami then In
quick succession cam e th e screw pro
peller. th e com pound engine, th e ste--
hull, th e tw in screw , th e tu rb in e T o­
day th e m odel c ra ft Is oil burning a n !
electrically d riv e n
W hat next?
W hile Jo h n Wood, a tru c k d riv er
o f M orrow ville. K an. w as a ssistin g
In ex cav atio n w ork nt an old church,
h e ilng up n la rg e copper cent w hich
h e ars th e d a te o f 1317. sa v s the
T opeka C apital T he coin has 13 sta rs
h id es, including th e mot
V i p e r I n v a d e s B r itis h B u s
a ro u n d th e edge, em blem atic of th e 13
WOO hound for L ew isham
o riginal s ta te a It Is blackened by age.
A Sheffield (E ng ) bus d r iv e r ', five- the hna d riv e r stu n n ed It
but la In a gixwl s ta te of p re se rv a ­ m in u te s’ fight w ith a targe v iper on tln a tlo n hoard and a j;
tion, and th e c h a ra c te rs on It can K raton common recen tly provided m inistered a d e ath bR.
o a s ll; he read T he coin w as about cvusiderable a ic lte tu e n t for the pae- truncheon.
sta tio n In life. H e w as a learned
rabbi, a d o c to r of th e law . and pre-
! suinably a m an of ¡rood c h ara c te r. Ills
com ing by n ig h t In d icates b is tim idity.
L ike Joseph o f A rlm atlien be w as
a fra id to openly e s p o u s e th e cau se of
th e new te a c h e r of G alilee. T hough
tim id, a s an honest mnn he Investi­
gated a n d got first-hand in form ation
R ecause of tills inform ation he u tte re d
the brave w ords in th e S anhedrin
ag ain st Judging a m an before hearin g
him (Jo h n 7:4.5-52), and he also re n ­
dered th e loving service a t th e L ord's
tom b (Jo h n 16:38-42).
II. Je su s ' D iscourse W ith Nicode-
mu« (vv. 3-17).
T he su h le ct of th is con v ersatio n w as
th e new birth.
1. T he N ecessity o f th e New R lrth
(vv. 3-7).
It is n >t a m a tte r of choice w h eth er
one Is n> he born again, h u t of ne­
cessity. If lie Is ev er to see o r e n te r
th e kingdom o f God.
R egeneration
Is th e first dem and th e gospel of
C h rist m akes upon man.
(1) T h e kingdom of God Is a sp irit­
ual kingdom , th e re fo re th e re m ust be
a sp lrtlu a l b irth In o rd e r to e n te r It
(v. 3 ). As w e e n te r th e physical
kingdom by a n a tu ra l birth , so we
e n te r th e kingdom of God by a su p e r­
n a tu ra l birth .
(2) T h e n a tu re which we get through
th e n a tu ra l b irth Is rad ical and es­
se n tia lly had (v. 0 ; cf. Gal. 6:19-21).
T h a t w hich is horn of th e flesh Is flesh.
T h e flesh c an n o t he im proved (Jer.
1 2 :2 3 ): c u ltiv a te and e d u cate It all
you p lease and It will still rem ain
flesh. In o rd e r to e n te r Into th e king­
dom of heaven th e re m ust he a n a­
tu r e lilted for heuven. T h ere Is n o th ­
ing th a t can be su b stitu te d for th e
new birth . .Men today a re try in g to
s u b s titu te m o rality and ed u catio n for
th e new birth . N lcodem us possessed
these, yet C h rist declured th a t he
needed som ething m ore. It is no m ore
possible to h ave a physical being w ith ­
out a physical b irth th a n It Is to have
a sp iritu a l n a tu r e w ith o u t being born
o f th e spirit.
2. T he M ystery of th e New R lrth
(vv. 8-13).
T hough m ysterious. Its re su lts are
definite.
We cannot discern from
w hence th e w ind com eth. o r w hither
It goeth, but we know th a t It blows
by Its effects.
T h e f r u its of our
life d e m o n stra te o u r n a tu re , w h e th er
It Is heavenly o r c arn a l. W e need not
he told th a t w e h ave had a physical
b irth , for o u r bodies w ith th e ir v a r i­
ous fa cu ltie s prove It. E ven so, th e
p resen ce w ith in us o f a n a tu r e which
h a s no afllnlty fo r th e th in g s of th e
w orld, b u t a stro n g affection fo r God
a n d a disp o sitio n to yield prom pt
obedience to U is com m ands, proves
th a t we h ave been horn from above.
3. T he G round Upon W hich th e New
B irth R e sts (vv. 14. 15).
C h rist’s a to n in g death on th e cross
m akes re g en e ratio n possible. H e took
th e place o f sinners.
H is Infinite
m erit w as placed to th e ir a c c o u n t; He
suffered In th e sin n e r's stead.
4. F o r W hom S alv atio n W as P ro­
vided (vv. 16, 17).
"W hosoever helleveth on
Him ."
T hese verses give In a condensed form
th e w hole plan of salvation, O b serv e:
(1) Its source— "God so loved.” (2)
I ts ground, th e d eath of C h rist—" lie
ev er."
(4) Its condition—"helleveth
on H im ." Its re su lts—"should not p e r­
ish, have e v e rla s tin g life "
III. Man’s A ttitu d e T ow ard C hrist
(vv. 18-21).
1. Some Relieve and A re Saved.
T hose who believe a re now fre e from
condem nation (Jo h n 5:24). T hey a re
not only saved now hut fo rev e r (Jo h n
10:28. 2ft).
2. Some Will Not Relieve and Are
T h ere fo re R esting U nder tile Condem ­
nation of God.
T h e aw ful sin which c au ses m en to
he e te rn ally lost Is unbelief In C h r is t I
T he cause of th e ir u nbelief In Him
Is th e ir love of sin. R efusal to come !
io C hrist proves th a t m en's deeds a re
evil and th a t they love d a rk n ess
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