Voice from the Deep (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ P Strickland

Excerpt from Voice From the Deep The author of this little volume has been a sailor for nearly twenty years. He has, in that time, served in nearly every capacity on hoard of a merchant-ship. It cannot he urged, therefore, that the inexperience of the writer disqualifies him from making an accurate estimate of the evils which exist among a class of men with whom he has spent nearly two-thirds of his life. The subject of this work has engaged my attention, in a greater or less degree, ever since I became cognizant of the miserable condition of seamen. It never occurred to me, however, that I could ever do much to effect a change for the better. I thought, with many others perhaps, that the most of a sailor's woes were due to his own depravity; and that, when the genial influences of the Christian religion should become more widely diffused, the hardened mariner, as well as others, would eventually be subdued and saved by the matchless power of grace. I thought my duty would be done in the matter, if I used diligently my best endeavors to reclaim individuals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.