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generally be spared to join the public prayers. 

 When, indeed, there was any probability of 

 squalls, or of any change being requisite in the 

 sails, some few of the proper watch were placed 

 within observation of the officer on deck, so as 

 to be easily called up without disturbing their 

 comrades. But, if circumstances required, 

 though for several years no such case occurred, 

 the officer had orders to call up all hands to 

 assist him." 



The same author, now a clergyman of the 

 Church of England, in An Address to Sea 

 Captains, published when he occupied the in- 

 teresting post of Chaplain of the Liverpool 

 Mariners' Church, gives the following practical 

 suggestions on the same subject : 



" To the end of furthering the important 

 object of sanctifying the Sabbath, it is good to 

 remember it before it arrives. Prepare for the 

 day of rest, as far as you can, on the Saturday. 

 Let your men have time on Saturday evening 

 for those needful acts of personal cleanliness 

 which are better performed then than in the 

 morning, so that the Lord's day be not unne- 



