SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 277 
The following sermon was preached "by 
Mr. Nobbs in the Church at Pitcairn : 
"REV. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. 
And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that 
is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the 
water of life freely. 
" There is in the Holy Scriptures such an 
adaptation to the wants of man as a mortal, 
and a sinner, that independent of the com- 
mand to ' search' them, we ought to make 
the Bible ' the man of our counsel.' In all 
conditions of life, in prosperity or adversity, 
in sickness or health, in all places and at all 
times, the Bible, if referred to with a single 
eye and a prayerful disposition, will prove 
' a lamp to our feet and a light to our paths.' 
" Such considerations as these ought to 
stimulate us in our inquiries after happiness, 
even if it ended with this life; but if we 
believe that our time of sojourning here is 
merely probationary, and to be viewed only 
as an introduction into another and eternal 
state, yet that our everlasting happiness or 
misery depends entirely upon the use we 
make of the very short period allotted to us 
in the flesh, then are we not inexcusable if 
