Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Sketches of the Life and Work of Capt. Cyrus Sturdivant, the Prisoner's Friend: Including an Account of the Rescue and Conversion of Francis Murphy, and Others; Also, Incidents of Capt. Sturdivant's Sea-Going Life, as Well as His Illustrated Home Mission and Gospel Temperance Work, Written by Himself
It is a great pleasure for me to write a few lines introducing this book to the reading public, containing as it does, a faith ful account of the remarkable history on sea and land of a man who has traveled the ocean as sailor, and, by the faithful discharge of duty, won honorable distinction as captain of one of the finest steamers that ever sailed out of Portland harbor. Early converted to God, he gave i-iim his whole heart, and began to work for Him with wonderful success. When on shore, he could be found in the prayer-meeting pre' senting the Gospel of the world's Redeemer to the poor and needy. He had a mission chapel, which he supported for many years. There he gathered in God's needy ones. Being a sailor, he knew how to cast his net on the right side of the Gospel ship, and always with great success. To the astonishment of many who had fished all night without suc cess, the Captain had his net full. Captain Sturdivant was anointed by God to preach good tidings to the meek. He came to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison house to them that were bound, dealing his bread to hungry, bringing the poor that were cast out to his house, clothing the naked - never hiding from his own flesh. He had a handsome fortune. He has given it all to God's poor. His treasure is laid up where moth and rust doth not corrupt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
