WHEN THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER DEAD

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Thanksgiving after a storm. O BE joyful in God, all ye lands; sing praises unto the honour of his Name; make his praise to be glorious. Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works; through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee.

For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy Name. O come me hither, and behold the works of God; how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him praises with my tongue.

If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart, the Lord will not hear me. But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer.

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Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, nor turned his mercy from me. O THAT men would praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness! For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, which. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep; their soul melteth away because of the trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

That they would exalt him also in the Congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders! O MOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; We, thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress: Thou hast showed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help those who trust in thee.

Thou hast showed us how both winds and seas obey thy command; that we may learn, even from them, hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy Name, for this thy mercy in saving us, when we were ready to perish.

And, we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger. And give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he bath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea.

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. But as the heaven is high above the earth; so great hath been his mercy towards us. We found trouble and heaviness; we were even at death's door. The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us; the proud waters had well-nigh gone over our soul. Apr 10, Wes Reib rated it it was ok. First of all reviewers should quit drawing comparisons with this author and far better writers in this genre.

Russell's work comes nowhere close to that of O'Brien. He's okay; let's leave it at that. Character development is sorely lacking after the first book in the series.

We're reminded how compassionate and sensitive Hayden is, but this attitude doesn't create conflict nor provide any additional insight into the character. Chapter One essentially a prologue serves no purpose other than so First of all reviewers should quit drawing comparisons with this author and far better writers in this genre. Chapter One essentially a prologue serves no purpose other than so the characters can gush at each other, and ought to have been deleted. The dialoguing is deficient.

Characters speak out of character or unnecessarily or because the author wishes to relay a particular fact or impression that should have been transmitted a better way. Characters prose on unnecessarily about the evils of slavery for instance. You've made your obvious point, so move on! Sometimes rarely characters use 18th century speech, though most times stick with 21st.

The plotting lacks imaginationthe rescue sequence alone is novel in how complicated and lengthy it turned out to be. How's this for coincidence: She just happens to fall head over heels in love with our Captain. Furthermore the romance is stilted, rushed and predictable besides far fetched. She's a minor, Hayden, and she's obviously infatuated.

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How do you even know her love is real? Why don't you give the relationship some time? In this situation Hayden thinks with neither his heart nor his mind, he simply reacts. Nor does the author give Hayden the opportunity for sober reflection, as he the author is fixed in his plotting. This is the major failing in this work.

Hayden is always reactive, never proactive.

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He is led by the nose throughout by events or the author. The splitting of perspective, repeating time, accomplishes nothing worthwhile. None of the greats in this genre do this, and for good reason. There has to be a better reason than simply to view an action from two different perspectives unless you're padding your book with extra pages on purpose.

The other characters are nothing much and far less than they could be. Something might have been made of Captain William Jones for instance. He's exactly what we're told he is. What he does and how he reacts is exactly what a vainglorious person does. Let's know more about this guy instead of repeating events to no good purpose. I like this series, but I always avoid paying full price for the books. There's enough good stuff to encourage one to continue reading. The author just needs to put more thought into his work. Nov 13, Tex Reader rated it really liked it Shelves: I can see why S.

I really enjoyed how Russell conveyed the historical aspects and the nautical flavor. He used sailing practices and jargon without losing me, in a way that a "landsman" could understand, and even added atmosphere to the setting. I got lost a number of times 4. I got lost a number of times, but even then I got a good general sense of what was happening. Also, since a picture tells a thousand words, I have found with other such novels that a map helped to track and picture the travels — it was a bit of a nuisance to have to resort to mapquest. The plot and action were realistic and mostly believable, except for a few times which had me questioning — e.

The plot was well paced with action nicely spread throughout. While some characters had questionable values or made dumb decisions, I like how the hero carried himself, even through his mistakes, and I could see why his men would both like and respect him. I also wanted to get to know more about the others and get a better feel for them, so that when something happened to them I might actually feel something. This may have helped, too, with the ending, which was conclusive, but could have had more substance to it.

Overall, this was a fun and exciting read, letting me re-experience some of my childhood fantasies. Mar 25, Seth rated it did not like it. Before this book, Russell was probably the best current writer of Napoleonic war naval fiction still writing.

Russell's first books showed excellent promise, however. There was varied and exciting action, there was period correct etiquette which could have been lifted from the pages of Jane Austen, and there was a main character Before this book, Russell was probably the best current writer of Napoleonic war naval fiction still writing. There was varied and exciting action, there was period correct etiquette which could have been lifted from the pages of Jane Austen, and there was a main character with actual character that didn't seem like a cardboard cut-out.

Because the problems with this book are largely plot related, here come the spoilers. I don't know that I've ever read another maritime fiction book that tried to fit in quite as many cliches of both naval life and historical melodrama all at once. Oh, it's a beautiful woman in distress, I never saw that one coming!

Then, despite an actually interesting on-and-off-again relationship that spanned the first three books, and completely out of character, Hayden falls in love with her. Then, like a bad regency romance, they have to wed furtively because her Catholic family just wouldn't approve. Then, she's kidnapped, then rescued, then yellow fever? If you haven't started the series yet, you should still do so. The first three books are still great. Sep 15, WriteKnight rated it really liked it Shelves: Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead was a fun, engaging story that made me feel like I was on the ship beside Captain Charles Hayden trimming sails and doing battle right along with him.

I had not read any of S.

Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead by Sean Thomas Russell

He explained previous important happenings at natural points in the story, and I got to know Hayden well without any character development from earl Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead was a fun, engaging story that made me feel like I was on the ship beside Captain Charles Hayden trimming sails and doing battle right along with him. He explained previous important happenings at natural points in the story, and I got to know Hayden well without any character development from earlier novels necessary.

I liked the setting in the Caribbean as well as on the various ships. The plot and conflict was plausible and well paced; yet once it got started, while I realize the nature of this genre, I did feel like this went from battle to battle quite a bit, and that the ending was a bit abrupt.

Dec 29, Neill Goltz rated it liked it Shelves: In this one Russell has Hayden and the crew of the Themis off to the Caribbean on assignment. All the right characters are here. Corrupt officials, privateers and regualar Navy. The actions are good, and the points of sailing well handled. I thought for a few pages that I had caught Mr. Russell out in an error of geography, referencing St. Lucia instead of St. Eustace in the Leeward Islands, but he had it right. I felt that the most interesting tr I enjoyed. I felt that the most interesting treatment occured in the first couple of chapter when, enroute from England, the Themis overtakes and saves crippled slave ship with a full cargo.

The setting is and it would not be for another 40 years that Wilberforce and the abolitionists would persuade Parliament to outlaw the slave trade. Under the then Law of Admirality, the crew of the Themis is entitle to a percentage of the sale proceeds when the slaves go to auction.

Russell's treatment of the discussions of the crew - from all socio-economic classes - of the morality of their situation, and how to utilize their shares of the prize money, is really, really well done. It could easily be used as a stand-alone Critical Thinking module in a high school history and philosphy class.

Truly well done, Mr. Mar 07, David rated it liked it Shelves: Perhaps a large part of the reason for that is that this, I felt, does not require as much knowledge of previous events as before: Also, like seems to be becoming the norm in this series, while the novel itself is not split into separate parts, there are three very distinct sections within: Nov 09, Jean rated it liked it Shelves: This is book four in the Captain Charles Hayden series.

It is a high sea adventure historical novel. The story is set toward the end of the 18th century at the beginning of the Napoleonic wars. HMS Themis comes upon a pair of half dead shipwreck survivors, a young Spanish nobleman and his beautiful sister. They are fleeing to the New World for safe harbor. HMS Themis rescues a cripple slave ship and tows it to Barbados. The Themis is ordered out on patrol in a squadron of three other ships under command of Captain Jones. Two other ships in the fleet disappear leaving just the two ships. Then the fun begins.

There is lots of tactics and age of sail strategizing, hand to hand combat, dangerous harbor raids, ship to ship battles, suspense, action and of course, superiors who are more interested in glory than survival. The book is easy to read, period accurate in every detail and well written. If you are a fan of the British Navy in the days of sail you will enjoy this series. I read this as an audio book downloaded from Audible. Daniel Philpott does a good job narrating the book. This book goes back and forth between fairly gripping and well-written sea-farin' action and really turgid and stilted character development and a tedious love story.

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