Unless there had been ropes stretched on each side of the ship for the sailors to catch hold of, the latter would most certainly have been washed away.

Such a storm as this affords much food for reflection.

You are alone upon the boundless ocean, far from all human help, and feel more than ever that your life depends upon the Almighty alone.

The man who, in such a dreadful and solemn moment, can still believe there is no God, must indeed be irretrievably struck with mental blindness.

A feeling of tranquil joy always comes over me during such great convulsions of Nature.