238 THE WHALE AND 



Misfortunes no Argument against honoring the Sabbath. 



He took one season afterward on the North- 

 west, but, for reasons which it were easy to 

 mention, not the least of which was not being 

 well officered or manned for Northwest whaling, 

 the ship did not succeed so well as many others. 

 Several boats were stove early in the season, 

 some of the men got upset and frightened, tow- 

 lines parted, and many things went ill ; but, 

 so far from repenting of his purpose to keep the 

 Sabbath, he is more strong in it than ever, well 

 persuaded and well content that, if God do not 

 pay him in oil here, durable riches and right- 

 eousness are his in heaven. 



It should be mentioned, in passing, to the 

 honor of Lynn, that the only two whale ships, 

 of which this is one, that hail from that port, 

 now keep the Sabbath. The heaviest owner in 

 them is a religious man, who says he does not 

 want any oil taken on the Sabbath. There is 

 another from New London, the Nantasket, Cap- 

 tain Smith, and others, it is to be supposed, 

 with which the writer is not acquainted. 



It is painful to have to record the pitifully 

 different course of another captain from New 

 Bedford, a professor of religion and esteemed a 

 good man. He was convinced and felt that 



