Our Blue Jackets

U R B L E T O U J AC K E S . A N A R R A T I V E ’ fifi i sss M c ssto n s gift zruh «£q mu ti ng " ’ mu fi nilm s . W I T S O P H I A G . N Z P OP ULAR E D I TI ON 37 5 11 130 11 : - N N II O D D E R A D S T O U G H T O , 2 P A T R N O S T R W 7 , E E R O . R A R ” 7 67 ? ‘ W 5 W 5 o S e be Ic i e I s n 6 011 ba é IB r f t SJ ft r o fi , e m m m n m 9 0d) b t 6 m fo t Do 06 . e t o o t r b u t m u c h m o r e t o T T o u e n C un y , h e e " , , ’ ” e t o e wh o a v s t Th e fo r m e . My lif giv , g y lif a ”W t , a s o n a d V e fl g n y , Pr aqte s Lo n o n d A e , in y , d n a y l s b u q; P R E F A C E . HE writer of these pages t r u s t s that this ’ s h o r t h i s t o r y of on e of G o d s great wo r kers m a y encou rage and strengthen the h earts of others si milarly engaged , and stir u p those of ou r Ch r istian readers who have as yet don e n othing for Christ, to seek hence “ ' forth to do s o z i z e z /z z l zg for H i m who has ” d on e so m uch for them . The obj ect of this sketch is simply to bring glory to H i m who has condescended to use su ch a hu mble i n stru ment for accomplishing H is pu rposes ; o n l . y to exalt the Master, and not the servant Much practical experience is lai d before the ‘ reader, with th e hope that i t may i n some m easu re be a help and benefit to those desi r ing info rmation as to the meth od a r dopted by M iss Weston , for secu ing suc s r ce s i n her g eat u ndertakings . “ I s I f have poken aught which is m ine , ” r r fo give Thou , an d let Thy people fo give , 0 r r " and Thou , Ete nal Fathe shalt have all the praise and glo r y for ever and ever . Amen . ” us t e D e T r i n i ta t e . S t . Aug in , C O N T E N T S . HA T R C P E I . EARLY LI FE HA TE R C P I I . SMALL B EGI N N IN GS TER C HAP I I I . “ ” MON THLY LE TTE RS OR B LU E B AC K S , HA T R IV C P E . T EMP ERAN C E W OR K HA T R C P E V . STORY OF THE P U RC HASE A N D FITTI N G UP OF TH E SAI LO RS’ R EST A N D I N ST ITUTE HA T R C P E V I. ’ ’ FI RST YEAR S W OR K AT T HE SAI LORS REST 95 A PPEN D I" 1 26 C HAPTER I . E A R L Y L l F E . Z GNES E LI ABET H WE STON, a name well known now to every seaman i n t h e Royal Navy, was born some readers will no doubt i magin e at Portsmouth , or at some other great Naval arsenal , where seeing the “ jolly J ack Ta r s daily roaming abou t the s h e town , becam e stirred a t an early age with the desire to do something for their r — r bodily and spi itual welfare but, cha ming and natural as such an introd uction to her life an d work would be, the very opposite wa s the case ; i ndeed , throughou t this short sketch we shall often b e forcibly reminded “ of the truth of the words, My ways are n o t your ways , neither are my thoughts y ou r thoughts , saith the Lord . r She was bo n i n London , i n the midst of r l e r e /s e t s 1 0 s e a m o n g o u B u fi . t h e bustle a n d t u r m oil o f the grea t m et r o ' pol i s ; b u t l o ng b efo r e s h e w a s a ble t o j o i n r s s o r r s . eithe i n i t bu iness pleasu e her father, r s a ba ri ter, and a man of considerable seien t i fi c knowledge and attainments , removed to Bath, and devoted himself almost entirely to r i s ast onomical and scientif c pursuit , i n which r his family took a keen i nterest an d pleasu e . r The Fellow of several lea ned Societies, but w t r s t i hal an hu mble an d devoted Ch i ian , his delight was to consecrate his talents to his ’ “ s r v Ma te s ser ice, and to lead from Nature ’ u r p to Natu e s God . Such were the early i nfluences and sur r o undings of Agnes Weston ; and as s h e ’ h a s t C s of en said, i n speaking of her hildhood s “f o e d av , to me, i f with such a father an d m o t I her , and such home influences , had been aught t ha n a child of God and a wo r ker i n H is vi n e y ard Although the child of m any pray ers s h e was for som e years a sou rce of gr eat anxiety to her parents : the strong will a n d m i pulsive, passionate temper had need of r much careful t aining . I I E a r l L i e y f . H er father w a s m uch i mpressed by the w s r ord of a p ofessor of phrenology, who w hil s t staying a t his house observed h e r r s o gan ic d evelopment , and prophe ied that h e r ca r ee r would be a re m arkable on e ; he s o s a even went far as to y , that a crisis “ w o r s h e ould ccu i n h er li fe , when would tu r n decisively either to the right or left would choose to be great either i n th e ” r se vice of God , or i n that of th e world . In aft er years her father would recu r to “ s a this and y , Agnes m ight have been an instru men t for evil i nstead of good , but, thank God , it has been otherwise . Has descent anythi ng to do with vigou r o ? s o and p wer of character I f , her energy and strong i mpulses may be accou nted for o through a l ng lin e o f ancestors, many of whom have i ntermarried with the noblest families of Englan d : the family pedigree pa s ses back wi t hou t a broken link to the C ti me of the onquest, when the old Norm an fou nder of the house kept feudal state i n Normandy, an d came over a Baron , in Duke 1 2 i r fs L f e a m o n g o u Bl u e y a c é o . ’ VV i l li a m s d t r conquering army . Rewar ed af e r r m wa ds with lands an d mano s , he beca e s Raou l d e Bailleu l de We ton . Although the estate s and m anors have passed into a s n oble hou e, through th e female lin e, i t is most interesti n g to lo o k down the o ld pedi r gree, an d to see the fo ce of character, some times for evil and sometimes for good , which h a s d istinguished gen eration after genera tion ; and now i n the l gt h centu ry we have i n the subject of this sketch a “ chip of the ” old block ; may not some portion of her dauntlessn ess and energy of character be du e to the old Norman ancestors who knew how to wi n l ands and honours, and to keep them ? Childhood and youth passed qu ietly away i n 1 8 6 study and home life , when i n 5 , at Sixteen r yea rs of age, a change took place in ci cum r stances i mmediately su rounding her, through w t h e a n d hich twi light , dawn , then su nshin e, o f r U Divine G ace was to fi ll her sou l .

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