. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. the Ship of Zionaltogether in their own interest; next the Presbyte-rians, who were very rigid and particular as to whom theywould admit to their launch, a sort of first-cabin set,with peculiar ideas as to the chart that the Great Cap-tain sailed by, meaning that they understood the route toJordan and beyond was fixed, laid down, and could notbe alt
. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. the Ship of Zionaltogether in their own interest; next the Presbyte-rians, who were very rigid and particular as to whom theywould admit to their launch, a sort of first-cabin set,with peculiar ideas as to the chart that the Great Cap-tain sailed by, meaning that they understood the route toJordan and beyond was fixed, laid down, and could notbe altered. After them came the Methodists, who werea little more generous in their notions about theologicalnavigation, and held that the chart would always admitof sailing one or two points free. They had the largest,the most social and the loudest crew of all, whose weeklyevening meetings for swapping yarns and general chinmusic, were always full of young folks who enjoyed thespirit of the place, and many of whom naturally fell inwith the way of salvation as traveled there. The Meth-odists also had what they called a camp meeting in thewoods, over in the town of Cato, a mile or two from thevillage in which the church was, and at that gathering. 372 GOSPEL CRAFT. every one who could used to attend, as to a sort of ex-tended picnic, kept up for a week or more. At suchtimes there were large additions to the flock, for excitementran high tide, and wind and weather favored. Last of allthe Universalists had a share, which seemed to be odds andends, culls, rejected samples, hard-to-suits, free-thinkers,and all sorts of people who would not be suited with therules of the various sailing crafts at the other claimed to have a chart which allowed them to sailanywhere and everywhere, with a sure expectation of comingto port in good order and right side up Their meetingswere not so largely attended as any of the others, but tojudge from the conduct of those who stayed away fromch
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