Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of His Shipwreck, and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: With Details of His Residence There, and of Various Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life |
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Page 51 - Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands; and we will triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God ; even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things ; And blessed be the name of his Majesty for ever ; and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen.
Page 51 - The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us : the proud waters had well-nigh gone over our soul. The sea roared : and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep : our soul melted within us, because of trouble ; Then cried we unto thee, O Lord : and thou didst deliver us out of our distress. Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy sen-ants : but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us. Thou didst send...
Page 35 - Come to me, my love ; come on deck ; it is daylight \" Without a word, she made her way to me, and ascended the ladder. On emerging from darkness into light, her feelings overcame her, and she poured forth her heart to God.
Page 117 - You are now no longer weary of life, but happy. Know then, that man was made for labor ; and prayer also is his duty : the one as well as the other is essential to his well-being. Arise in the morning, take the cord, and with it gird up thy loins, and go forth into the world; and let it be a. memorial to thee, of what God expects from man, if he would be blessed with happiness on earth.
Page 36 - Guinea-fowls that were in the coop to leeward were drowned; the ducks which were in the other coop survived, and also four fowls; yet these seemed more dead than alive. All was desolation on deck and aloft; but the day had dawned, and the morning smiled serenely on us, while a gentle calm spread itself over the ocean all around.
Page 116 - ... and make a rope of its fibres, and, after it was done, the angel would appear to him again. The hermit awoke, and instantly applied himself to obey the vision. He travelled about, from place to place, many days before he could procure an axe ; and during this journey, he felt happier than he had been for many years. His prayeis were now short and few; but what they wanted in length and number, they outmeasured in fervency.
Page 33 - I was below with my wife in the cabin. Being no seaman, I could do no good on deck ; but, hearing this, I got up the ladder to the companion door. All was again fast down, and they could not open it ; in fact, all hands were too much absorbed by the awfulness of their situation. In a few minutes the vessel struck, and we, who were below, were thrown violently on the cabin floor.
Page 45 - ... rivers of water in a dry place, and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 359 - Master, give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and strength to the paralyzed limb, but we can work miracles of grace and mercy by relieving the distress of our suffering brethren.
Page 359 - Word" &c. He held up to our contemplation the Divine Being creating all that our eyes behold, and lastly ourselves. And then he proceeded to show that the same Creative Power, " the Word and Wisdom of God" came down from Heaven at the appointed time, and became incarnate in the person of Jesus. By which union of perfect God and perfect man, he became the Christ, full of grace and truth : dispensing sight...