Morris tribune., 1883-04-14
ON BOARD A SHIP.
yoyrge OF Rev. j. Y. Hutchinson and his
Safe Arrival IN Een.iell.

safe Arrivals Ia Lon.ien.
S. S. PRUsslAN, ALLEN LINE.)
March rs, 1883. I
| In accordance with your kindly ex,
pressed wish, and with the idea that 1
brief account of my voyage will be &C.
ceptable and interesting to my friends
and your readers, jot few items.
During the first two or three days
the wind was fair and the ship went
merrily along, making her IL knots an
hour. 1t is true there was O little
swell but each wave only seemed to
drive us on our way.
On Sunday morning, was asked
to cond'act service on board. The sa-
loon was transferred into something as
like a Westinghouse as could well lie
Imagined. There was good supply
of Bib es, Sankey's Hymns, and the
Church of England Prayer Books.
The bell rang for some live minutes
before the tine for service, and the
blue jackets off duty Joined with the
passengers in solom prayer and praise.
What did preach about? A very
proper question. j took for my text,
Row. u: /: land there was no more
Sea-" Ispoke of its restlessness, proof
of which we had as / spoke, by the
sudden ''lurches" or rolling of tie
ship. This Of course suggested the
thought of the restless character of
human life, and that Christ alone
could give repose. How many there
We're who would like to be away from
the rocking of the sea. John doubt
less had that in his mind when speak
ing of the new heaven and the new
earth, he said there would be no more
sea. l referred to its being separator.
Hany families il divided. 1t rolled
between loving hearts; hut the condi-
tien Of things in the future would be
very different. 1t was destroyer.
How many u hope had sank, and
many n bright resolve quenched by
the wide waste of waters. But i'm the
future blessedness secured by faith in
Christ, there would be the better con-
dition implied in the words "and there
was no more sea-"
We went a little out of our course
in order to avoid the ice, which it APP
pears is this early breaking up. We
had splendid view of an immense
iceberg which was estimated to he
about a mile away. 1t looked like
a huge house, and in it's shadows i'm
agination could easily place the doors
and windows. 1t looked very beauti-
full in the morning sunshine. But
there are some beautiful things that
are exceedingly dangerous; they are
fair to look upon, but death and de-
are in their train; such are
icebergs. Sailors look very suspi-
ciously upon them, and seem glad
when they get safely away from the
regions where they float.
The following week was one of ad-
verse winds, and even high seas. Yes
terday, just as we had finished tea, the
captain at the head of the table, my
self on his right hand and the doctor
at his left, an immense wave was
shipped; it dashed through the saloon
skylight, which was open for the adj
of air, and gave us dashing.
The chief officer who was on the bridge
said he saw it coming and sheltered
on the opposite side of the
vessel and thus escaped its wrath. But
the good ship behaved well. She is a
fine, strong, sea-worthy vessel, and
every one from the brave commander
to the stewards boy has confidence in
her conduct.
But here we are this morning, off
5he coast of Ireland. The sun is shin
ing brightly and there is prospect of
our arriving In the Clyde this evening.
On arriving there, 1 shall post this,
ind then taking advantage of the ia
;ilities afforded by the Flying Scotch
man, or some other fast train, pro-
iced to meet those / am anxious to
lee once more.
Permit me to hope that Morris and
ny kind friends therein arc prospecting
till and carrying out the motto o.
longfellow's poem EXCELSIOR
see that up to IL to-day, we har
allied 2,783 knots or miles. We ha, re
g more to Greenock, where we shall
lave to wait little for the tide.
LATER came ashore with the
ender at Greenock, and going or to
glasgow, took fast train for London
TIA Liverpool, and arrived safely