170 THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



their combined Hallelujahs around the throne of God. 

 (Rev. xix. 6.) Nay more than this, — that the voice of 

 the Lord Jehovah himself, addressing itself to the ear 

 of his inspired Prophet under the Old Testament, and 

 his most favoured servant under the New, was ** like 

 the sound of many waters." (Ezek. xliii. 2, Rev. i. 15,) 

 Scarcely less noble and majestic is the idea which St. 

 Paul borrows from the same source ; standing in 

 thought upon the shore of a measureless ocean, he be- 

 holds there an image of the unfathomable mysteries of 

 redeeming love, and exclaims in amazement, ** O the 

 depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge 

 of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his 

 ways past finding out I" (Rom. xi. 33.) 



But the reflections which here present themselves 

 are not confined to the serious Christian, or to the. 

 naturalist. The man who possesses any reflection 

 must be interested at beholding in the ocean, under its 

 various aspects, a striking picture of the moral 

 world in general, and of what is passing there. View 

 it at certain seasons, and what can appear more tempt- 

 ing and inviting. But how often does the sailor 

 realize the fatal truth of the Poet's description, — 



