48 THE WHALE AND 



Power of the Gospel. The Sailor's Debt. 



true God and Savior. They invited the mis- 

 sionary from another island, and in Heaven's 

 blessing upon his instructions was read the se- 

 cret of all their after-kindness to the white men 

 who visited or were cast upon their shores. All 

 whalemen may see in this contrast, as we have 

 to our joy in the Commodore Preble, what a 

 difference there is between islands that have, 

 and that have not the " BOOK." 



It is THE BOOK which has brought it to pass 

 that the adventurous, weary whaleman can 

 now traverse the entire Pacific, and land with 

 impunity at most of its lovely islands, and be 

 supplied on terms of equity with all he needs. 

 Let, then, those that owe to it the most, be 

 loudest in their praises, and warmest in their 

 love, and most careful in their obedience to the 



BOOK OF BOOKS. 



It was the reasoning of one of this great fam- 

 ily of South Sea Islanders (with whom our ship 

 has just had such pleasant intercourse), soon 

 after he came into possession of the BIBLE : 



When I look at myself, I find that I have 

 hinges all over my body. I have got hinges to 

 my legs, my jaws, my feet, my hands. If I 

 want to lay hold of any thing, there are hinges 



