---
title: 'The Ship and the Life: Annual Sermon Before the American Seamen’s Friend Society'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Rogers Richards'
date: 1908-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Missions (General)'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 27'
- 'Romans 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/richards-1908-the-ship-and-the-life-annual-sermon-before-the-american-seamens-friend-society
---

# The Ship and the Life: Annual Sermon Before the American Seamen’s Friend Society

1908 sermon at the American Seamen's Friend Society celebrating Acts 27:22 — the Christian principle that every human life outweighs ship or property; traces the society's history and mission.

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