Familiar Letters

Excerpt from Familiar Letters: Containing an Account of His Travels as One of the Deputation Sent Out by the Church of Scotland on a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews in 1839

For the truth, but to try and bring it within reach of the prisoners of Israel. You would be quite thankful, mamma, if you saw that lonely rock, that your son is free, and not a prisoner there. We dined at 4, and then walked on the deck till 8. The moon gave light all the night. The sea continued per fectly calm, and I went to rest in my crib about 10. Yesterday morning I arose at 7, and found that we were opposite Whitby. It seemed a nice-looking old town, with its castle or cathedral frowning over the deep. The morning was dull, but soon cleared up into a most beautiful day. The sea was perfectly calm, like a mill-pond, the Whole day and night. Nobody on board has been the least sick. The coast is not very interesting, and we were some time out of sight of land all round. This is the first time in my life I ever was so, and I thought upon the world of waters. I occupied myself in watching the sea-gulls. Two followed the ship a long way: they did not fly straight, but hither and thither, still following. I thought on the way a believing soul follows the Saviour - hover ing, yet following. We had some heavy.

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