Notes From Plymouth Pulpit: a Collection of Memorable Passages From the ...
Notes From Plymouth Pulpit: a Collection of Memorable Passages From the ...
Henry Ward Beecher, Augusta Moore
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Why, suppose a shipmaster starts from New York harbor for the Mediterranean Sea. He goes beautifully out of the harbor, and steers straight for Greenland. Off Newfoundland he is hailed by another 6ail. His destination is inquired aqd given. " Bound for Malta I" shouts the stranger. " You ? "Why, you're steering for the North Pole." " Don't tell me that" returns our captain, very much offended — " Don't tell me that.. My ship is good and well stored ; my men are good, and they find me the most g...enerous of captains. They have long sleeping hours and short watches ; they have abundance of all that is good for food. In my cabin are plenty of books and flowers, and we have fine times down there. We enjoy ourselves very much indeed — don't tell me that all this time we are on our way to any place but Malta ; I don't be- lieve it" The stranger passes on, saying derisively : " I Digitized by Google 88 LIVING WORDS FROM PLYMOUTH PULPIT. don't care how good you are to your meu, or how many good books or beautiful flowers you have got below ; all this is very fine, no doubt ; but I say that the man that's going to Malta, and heading direct for the North Pole, is a fool?
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