292 SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
Scripture is, to illustrate the great Scripture 
truth, that God will accept the returning 
penitent ; and that, while the day of salvation 
lasts, we are encouraged to come unto Him 
that ' willeth not the death of a sinner, but 
that all should turn to Him and live.' 
" But let not this forbearance and long- 
suffering of God be perverted to our own ruin. 
' Now is the accepted time, now is the day of 
salvation.' " 
This sermon was not only preached in 
Pitcaim's Island, but also in London. On 
Sunday morning, Nov. 28th, 1852, the Rev. 
G. H. Nobbs delivered the same discourse in 
the parish church of St. Dunstan in the East, 
City, and added the following passages : 
" And now, my brethren, will you bear 
with me for a few moments, whilst I refer to 
circumstances which have come in a great 
measure under my own immediate notice, in 
the community over which I have for nearly 
twenty- five years been the unworthy pastor ? 
"Many years ago, an officer and some 
seamen belonging to the British navy, after 
