SPIRITUAL LESSONS. 275 



and the best of times, how seldom is it, in our 

 navigation for eternity, that we are not in peril 

 from some out-jutting reef, or shoal, or sunken 

 rock, or moving quicksand ; to avoid which we 

 must heave the lead and watch our soundings, 

 and study well the Chart, and trim our sails, 

 and keep a good look-out. I thank God that 

 our captain, Lafayette Ludlow, has done both 

 on the present voyage. 



With the same steadiness and absorption 

 that he now studied his chart, and worked and 

 re-worked his observations, and compared and 

 reviewed his results, he used to study and pray 

 over the divine Word, till God showed him the 

 way of salvation by faith in Christ, and he got 

 his anchor on the promises, that proved good 

 holding ground. I trust he will keep fast to 

 them for life, be buoyed up by them in death, 

 and afterwards be received up into glory, where 

 faith is met with fruition, and the ransomed of 

 the Lord return, and come to Zion with songs 

 of everlasting joy. May he and I, and those 

 who are dear to me, and many that have followed 

 us, it may be with interest, through this gallery 



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