The Sermon

           FatherMapplerose,andinamildvoiceofunassumingauthorityorderedthescatteredpeopletocondense."Starboardgangway,there!sideawaytolarboard—larboardgangwaytostarboard!Midships!midships!"

           Therewasalowrumblingofheavysea-bootsamongthebenches,andastillslightershufflingofwomen’sshoes,andallwasquietagain,andeveryeyeonthepreacher.

           Hepausedalittle;thenkneelinginthepulpit’sbows,foldedhislargebrownhandsacrosshischest,upliftedhisclosedeyes,andofferedaprayersodeeplydevoutthatheseemedkneelingandprayingatthebottomofthesea.

           Thisended,inprolongedsolemntones,likethecontinualtollingofabellinashipthatisfounderingatseainafog—insuchtoneshecommencedreadingthefollowinghymn;butchanginghismannertowardstheconcludingstanzas,burstforthwithapealingexultationandjoy—

           

           Theribsandterrorsinthewhale,

           Archedovermeadismalgloom,

           WhileallGod’ssun-litwavesrolledby,

           Andliftmedeepeningdowntodoom.

           Isawtheopeningmawofhell,

           Withendlesspainsandsorrowsthere;

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