Here's another sovereign. Give them my compliments, and say that if any
of them happen to be in Kilkhaven tomorrow, I shall be quite pleased to
welcome them to church. Tell them I will give them of my best there if they
will come. Make the invitation merrily, you know. No long faces and solemn
speech. I will give them the solemn speech when they come to church. But
even there I hope God will keep the long face far from me. That is fittest
for fear and suffering. And the house of God is the casket that holds the
antidote against all fear and most suffering. But I am preaching my sermon
on Saturday instead of Sunday, and keeping you from your ministration to
the poor fellows. Good-bye."
"I will give them your message as near as I can," he said, and we shook
hands and parted.
This was the first experience we had of the might and battle of the ocean.
To our eyes it lay quiet as a baby asleep. On that Sunday morning there had
been no commotion here. Yet now at last, on the Saturday morning, home come
the conquered and spoiled of the sea. As if with a mock she takes all they
have, and flings them on shore again, with her weeds, and her shells, and
her sand.
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