WHEN he went to sea, Jack's religion was not of the kind to be left on the land until his return; but he tried at the first to bear his testimony as unostentatiously as possible. He knelt down to pray before the others; but he did so in tones so low that they could not hear him. They thought he was a hypocrite, and showered his head with boots. The effect, on Jack was to make his voice heard. He prayed aloud for his persecutors. They never troubled him again with boots; and soon several knelt beside him, and, with him, pleaded for God's grace.