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Poverty - by James Platt

Captain Wilson, who took out the first missionaries to the South Seas in the ship Duff to Tahiti, was a man opposed to religion, not believing in the existence of it God, the Bible, or Christian ministers. He endured great hardships in India, but was a man of an iron constitution and great bodily strength. He was taken prisoner by Hyder Ally, made his escape by jumping from a fort into the river, swam to the opposite bank; and so full of crocodiles was the river, that Hyder Ally would not believe he ever did it. He was finally captured and confined in a dungeon, being chained to another prisoner. Many a morning he had to be unchained, for his companion had died in the night, and he was chained to another. This happened several times, and doubtless Paul refers to this custom when he says, "Who shall deliver me from this body of sin and death?" At length he was released, and when he had recovered his strength took the command of a ship; but, in common with it number of other captains, he was windbound in a harbour which they could not get out of until the wind changed. One night he was on shore with the captains of the other ships drinking and gambling,