PREFACE. A S a frail boat into British waters, this little book is sent forth in the hope that the Captain of Salvation may keep it afloat. If any like not the shape of the craft, nor the course of the voyage, let them think that ungainly ships sometimes carry precious wares-treasure in wooden vessels. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. In the faith that some day it will be recognised as a little piece of honest work done as unto the Lord, the timbers have been laid one by one, not a few of them in travail of soul. Should any landsman be hereby led to become a mariner, or any mariner helped to face the storm, great will be my reward. At all events, the craft is launched. May He who gathers the winds in His fists give a long and favourable voyage. |