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 spect to liquor, many a valuable life would be ſaved. It is particularly neceſſary, in times of ſhipwreck, that they ſhould keep their heads clear, and their reaſon awake; for though they are at their wits end, and have none to depend on but Providence, who does not deliver by miracles, but by natural means, it is more likely that he will ſuggeſt expedients to thoſe who keep themſelves ſober, and are in a ſtate to call for his help, than to a ſet of ſots, who have extinguiſhed for a time every spark of reason in their ſouls, and diſqualified themselves for every religious act.