A SAILOR'S PRAYER

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 25, 1861

A SAILOR'S PRAYER.

AT a prayer meeting for a revival of the work of God, at one of the chapels erected by the late Baroness Barnham, Newton Gower, a number of persons prayed,—two that had never prayed before in public. One was an old sailor who had lately joined the little church, whose prayer drew tears from many eyes. Sailor-like, he said, "O Lord Jesus, thou knowest I am an old sailor and an old sinner. I have been beating up and down the channel for many a long year, exposed to many a storm and tempest. My map and chart I refused to consult. Thou hast offered to pilot me safe, but I have refused again and again; and I would have gone down an eternal wreck if thou hadst not become my pilot; and now, through thy mercy and grace, I believe that I shall eventually sail into the port of glory."