THE SCRIPTURES ON SNOW AND FROST. 361 



This constant sense of ever-present danger has con- 

 sequently had such an effect upon the mind, that many 

 of our most renowned navigators in these seas have 

 been men whose valour has been equalled only by 

 their piety ; and we find frequent reference made in 

 their works to passages taken from the Scriptures, 

 which appear applicable to their helpless condition. 



Among the many striking and dramatic passages, 

 descriptive of the various phenomena of Nature, with 

 which the pages of Scripture are filled, we append 

 some of those immediately relating to the cold and 

 snows of the winter season : 



Behold (says the Scripture) the nations are as a drop of a bucket, 

 And are counted as the small dust of the balance. 

 Behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. * 



He sendeth forth His commandment upon earth: 

 His word runneth very swiftly. 

 He giveth snow like wool: 

 He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 

 He casteth forth His ice like morsels: 

 Who can stand before His cold? 

 He sendeth out His word, and melteth them: 

 He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow, f 



Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: 



And cold out of the north. 



By the breath of God, frost is given, 



And the breadth of the waters is straitened. 



Who hath divided a watercourse, for the overflowing of waters? 



Or a way for the lightning of thunder. 



To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is: 



* Isaiah xl, verse 15. 



t Psalm cxlvii, verses 15 18. 



Job xxxvii, verses 9 10. 



