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The Sermon

           asonewhointhatmiserableplightstillturnsandturnsingiddyanguish,prayingGodforannihilationuntilthefitbepassed;andatlastamidthewhirlofwoehefeels,adeepstuporstealsoverhim,asoverthemanwhobleedstodeath,forconscienceisthewound,andthere’snaughttostaunchit;so,aftersorewrestlinginhisberth,Jonah’sprodigyofponderousmiserydragshimdrowningdowntosleep.

           "Andnowthetimeoftidehascome;theshipcastsoffhercables;andfromthedesertedwharftheuncheeredshipforTarshish,allcareening,glidestosea.Thatship,myfriends,wasthefirstofrecordedsmugglers!thecontrabandwasJonah.Butthesearebels;hewillnotbarethewickedburden.Adreadfulstormcomeson,theshipisliketobreak.Butnowwhentheboatswaincallsallhandstolightenher;whenboxes,bales,andjarsareclatteringoverboard;whenthewindisshrieking,andthemenareyelling,andeveryplankthunderswithtramplingfeetrightoverJonah’shead;inallthisragingtumult,Jonahsleepshishideoussleep.Heseesnoblackskyandragingsea,feelsnotthereelingtimbers,andlittlehearsheorheedshethefarrushofthemightywhale,whichevennowwithopenmouthiscleavingtheseasafterhim.Aye,shipmates,JonahwasgonedownintothesidesoftheshipaberthinthecabinasIhavetakenit,andwasfastasleep.Butthefrightenedmastercomestohim,andshrieksinhisdeadear,‘Whatmeanestthou,O,sleeper!arise!’Startledfromhislethargybythatdirefulcry,Jonahstaggerstohisfeet,andstumblingtothedeck,graspsashroud,tolookoutuponthesea.Butatthatmomentheissprunguponbyapantherbillowleapingoverthebulwarks.Waveafterwavethusleapsintotheship,andfindingnospeedyventrunsroaringforeandaft,tillthemarinerscomenightodrowningwhileyetafloat.

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