The journey of Captain Thomas Sutherland to Australia in 1881 Essay

Greetings to you all. My name is doubting Thomas Sutherland and, along with my wife Adelaide, was the first officer sent to Australia to commence the proceed of the Salvation Army by the General, William Booth.For me to give you all a full-strength picture of my expedition to Australia I need to go back to my youth. You see, I wasn?t always a true follower of our Lord deliveryman Christ. Yes I went to Sunday school when I was a lad, but during my juvenile years I lost my way causing great engage to my parents.I began to behave in a wicked way and would constitute one of the best blasphemers going around. I became the leader of a clump of roughs having shown good leadership skills amongst the group. It wasn?t long before I go from these wild ways to that of drinking at the public houses, became idle and loathsome. This is where I picked up the name of ?Drunken Tom?.I picked up acetify as a farrier and had several close shaves with horses that didn?t give care me. I then de cided to move from my home town of Brancaster, in the Norfolk County, to London. I had learned music during my younger days and I was subject to put these skills to use as a strolling vagabond (or a busker as you would now call them).While in London I would much think about what my parents would think of me in my dishevelled state. This would lead me to beseem lonesome and I would delve deeper into my wicked ways as rise as my drunkenness. I very rarely communicated with my parents as I was disgraced of what I had become and didn?t know how to stop it. One day while in the streets of Hackney, feeling lost and sorry for myself, I perceive the pleasant sounds of singing. I had not heard such a lighthearted and loving sounds since I stoped going to Sunday school. I followed the sound of the voices... ... at night, and God came very near as Mrs. Sutherland and myself spoke of His love.The devil raged and act to upset us, but it proved an entire failure, so we got the victory by the blood.We are teaching a present salvation, and the captain, mate and sailors listen to us. some(prenominal) of the passengers are very much interested in The Salvation Army. entirely above all, God is with us.We have some roughs on board, and they commence to puzzle out their games when we hold our meetings. But God says ?Go on? and on we go. The journey would become a lot smoother as we headed into the southern summer and after 43 days of sea travel, on the 17th of February, we would ultimately reach our destination of Adelaide in South Australia.The temperature was well over degree Celsius degrees when we arrived, but that wasn?t going to stop us from commencing the Lords work in this vast land.