In the meantime, we need a ship's chaplain.
If your conscience permits, you may have the post--combining it, however, with the vocation of a common sailor before the mast.

I am inclined to agree with you that manual labor will do you good.

Some time or another, in her progress around the world, the Jasper B.will undoubtedly touch at a coast within walking distance of Jerusalem.
There we will put you ashore.

Before we sail you can put in your time holystoning the deck.
"The deck of the Jasper B.," said Cleggett, looking at it, "to all appearances, has not been holystoned for some years.

You will find in the forecastle several holystones that have never been used, and may begin at once." Cleggett, if his tastes had not inclined him towards a more active and adventurous life, would have made a good bishop, for he knew how to combine justice and mercy.