come and tempt you by suggesting that you are not believing aright." I again put the question, 'What am I to do then?" Tell him he is a a liar, and dont listen to him." I went to my cabin, shut the door, and commenced to pray, and just as my friend had forewarned me, Satan came with his fiery darts; but being on my guard, I resisted him, and through Divine grace I was enabled to take the Lord Jesus as my Saviour. (Oh how I thank God that that young man in speaking to me, called hell, hell. If he had said, "You must turn over a new leaf," why! that was exactly what I had been trying to do with no good results; but such plain, faithful dealing, was the means of bringing me to decision for Christ.) After rising from my knees, happy in a sense of pardoned sin, the thought presented itself to my mind, what am I to do on the morrow, when I must meet my brother officers? how am I to be able to act before them as a Christian should? The hour of my watch on deck having now come, as I paced backwards and forwards, I frequently lifted up my heart in silent prayer, that God would give me grace to live and act as a Christian should.'

Many years have passed since that memorable night, and Captain Moreton is still an earnest and devoted servant of Christ.

'What is the thing of greatest price
The whole creation round?
That which was lost in Paradise-
That which in Christ is found.
The soul of man, Jehovah's breath,
That keeps two worlds at strife;
Hell moves beneath, to work it death,
Heaven stoops to give it life.
And is this treasure here below,
In earthly vessel frail?

Can none its utmost value know

Till flesh and spirit fail?

Then let us gather round the cross,

That knowledge to obtain;
Not by the soul's eternal loss,

But everlasting gain.'

After hearing Captain Moreton's narrative, the late Brownlow North, who was present, said, how much he had been struck with the remark, about Meeting brother officers.' Mr North continued, 'We have all our brother officersour relatives, friends, and acquaintances,-how have we acted towards them? Let each of us remember daily, I must meet my brother officers; and seek strength where Captain Moreton obtained it, by prayer and communion with God.' Mr North then referred to the case of a gentleman, converted long before himself,

and with whom he was on very friendly terms, visiting at each other's houses, etc., but who in Mr North's wild days never spoke a word to him about his soul. This was not as it ought to have been. Let God's children be faithful in seeking to lead their friends to Christ.

'Art thou tossed, my brother,

On the ocean's foam?

Is thy vessel drifting

Far away from home?
Roar the billows round thee?
Rise the waters high?
Courage, brother, courage;

Holy help is nigh.

There is One who guideth
Every wind that roars;
O'er the stars He sitteth,
By their silver doors;
His abiding presence
Filleth earth and sky,
Courage, brother, courage;
Holy help is nigh.

Do the billows buffet

With a sound of dread?

Past those foamy shallows

There is land ahead,

Where the life-tree groweth,
Where the lilies lie.
Courage, brother, courage;
Holy help is nigh.

Leave it with thy Pilot:

Though the tempests swell,

And the foam is flying,

All will yet be well.
Sweetest rest remaineth
In the quiet sky,
Courage, brother, courage;

Holy help is nigh.

Once the harbour entered,
Storm and strife are o'er.
Hark, what cheering music
Floateth from the shore!
Never more to suffer,

Never more to sigh,

Courage, brother, courage;

Holy help is nigh.

Therefore, meet with patience.
Troubles great and small;

Once within the city

Maketh up for all.

Here, no shadow stealeth

O'er the tranquil sky.

Courage, brother, courage;
Holy help is nigh.'

'TRACT MAGAZINE.'

Chapter VII.

Ordinances of heaven connected with navigation-Wisdom to navigate the sea given by God-The soul's anchor-A noble pilot.

THERE

THERE are many things among the ordinances of heaven, besides the sea itself, which mariners require to study, as closely connected with navigation; and none of these are omitted in Scripture, the winds, clouds, stars, and various atmospheric changes which more or less affect the sailor.

18.

'And God said, Let there be lights in the Gen. 1. 14firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars also. And God set

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