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Confusion dwelt in ev'ry face,
And fear in ev'ry heart;

When waves on waves, and gulfs in gulfs,
O'ercame the pilot's art.

"And Jesus saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.” -Matt. viii. 26.

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The rolling mountains of the deep

Obey thy great command;

Thy breath can raise the billows steep,

Or sink them on the sand.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you." -John xvi. 23.

What various hindrances we meet,

In coming to a mercy-seat!

Yet who that knows the worth of prayer,

But wishes to be often there?

"Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching."-Luke xii. 37.

Watch! 'tis your Lord's command,

And while we speak, he's near;
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.

"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity?"-Micah vii. 18.

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O, save a trembling sinner, Lord,

Whose hope, still hovering round thy Word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,

Some sure support against despair.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning"-James i. 17.

O, let me, then, at length be taught,
What I am still so slow to learn,
That God is love, and changes not,

Nor knows the shadow of a turn.

"I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."—John viii. 12.

Great Sun of Righteousness, arise,

Bless the dark world with heavenly light;
Thy Gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.

"There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God."-Heb. iv. 9.

Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,

But there's a nobler rest above;

To this our lab'ring souls aspire,
With ardent hope, and strong desire.

"Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart."-Psalm xxvii. 14. O, for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road

That leads me to the Lamb!

"I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go."-Isaiah xlviii. 17.

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me by thy powerful hand.

"Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."Mark ix. 24.

O, for a strong and lasting faith,
To credit what the Almighty saith;
To embrace the message of his Son,

And call the joys of heaven my own.

"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall

direct thy paths."-Prov. iii. 6.

Each future scene to thee I leave,

Sufficient 'tis to know,

Thou canst from every evil save,

And every good bestow.

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"If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?"—Heb. xii. 7.

Not what we wish, but what we want,

Let mercy still supply;

The good, unasked, oh! Father, grant,

The ill, though asked, deny.

THE DISTANT SHIP.

[Lines addressed to a person watching with great interest a vessel upon the ocean, which distance had rendered like "a dark spot or speck." With equal interest would the writer watch an emigrant ship.]

The sea-bird's wing o'er ocean's breast
Shoots like a glancing star,

While the red radiance of the west
Spreads, kindling fast and far,-
And yet that splendour wins thee not,
Thy still and thoughtful eye
Dwells but on one dark, distant spot,
Of all the main and sky.

Look round thee! o'er the slumbering deep

A solemn glory broods;

A fire hath touched the beacon steep

And all the golden woods;

A thousand gorgeous clouds on high
Burn with the amber light!
What spell from this rich pageantry
Chains down thy gazing sight?

ANSWER.

A softening thought of human cares,
A feeling linked to earth!

Is not yon speck a bark, which bears
The loved of many a hearth?

Oh! do not hope, and grief, and fear,
Crowd her frail world e'en now,
And manhood's prayer, and woman's tear,
Follow her venturous prow?

Bright are the floating clouds above,
The glittering stars below;
But we are bound by cords of love,
To kindred weal and woe;
Therefore, amidst this wide array
Of glorious things and fair,

My soul is on that bark's lone way,—
For human hearts are there.

London Printed for C. GILPIN, Bishopsgate Without.

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