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it there. "These momentous objects," he says, 

 " absorbed all the powers of the mind, and produced 

 an intensity of feeling, which, for a long time, ren- 

 dered me almost insensible to the storm, or the 

 liquid columns which threatened our destruction." 



It was now that the missionary could look back 

 with deepest gratitude upon that mercy which had 

 first brought him to a knowledge of the Saviour. 

 " Him and Him alone," he adds, " I found to be a 

 refuge, a rock in the storm of contending feelings, 

 on which my soul could cast the anchor of its hope 

 for pardon and acceptance before God ...... I could 



not but think how awful would have been my state, 

 had I in that hour been ignorant of Christ, or had 

 I neglected or despised the offers of his mercy ...... 



Our prayers were offered to Him who is a present 

 help in every time of danger, for ourselves and 

 those who sailed with us; and under these and 

 similar exercises several hours passed away." 



Those prayers were answered, for the waterspouts 

 gradually disappeared, and the boat got safe to land. 



In speaking of another waterspout, seen on a 

 subsequent voyage, Mr. Ellis tells us that it was 

 well defined, an unbroken column from the sea to 

 the clouds, which on this occasion were neither 

 dense nor lowering. Around the outside of the 

 liquid cylinder was a kind of thick mist j and within, 

 a substance resembling steam, ascending apparently 

 with a spiral motion. The water at its base was 

 considerably agitated with a whirling motion ; while 



