Excerpt from The Seamen's and Boatmen's Manual: Original and Selected

"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." Fellow-men! this is glad tidings of great joy. To be saved, is the greatest blessing that can be bestowed upon us. You may not be sensible of this. Many are asking "who will show us any good?" Who will show us the way to be rich, or great, or honorable, among men? Who will help us to Jive a life of ease, or pleasure, without the least fear of want on earth, or painful anticipations of woe and ruin in the world which is to come? Suppose I had the power to bestow upon each of you ail these things, they would last but a little while. The longest life will soon come to a close, death will soon dispossess you of your possession, of your pleasures, of your friends, in a word of all your enjoyments, and will introduce you into a world where none of these things will follow you. Merely removing from this world to the eternal world, will not of itself alter the state of your hearts, or the inclinations of your souls. Do you desire worldly gain, or ease, or pleasure here? You would desire these things far more hereafter.

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