178 THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



already resulted from it in the conversioa of many a 

 heathen, we can only look upon it as another proof of 

 that divine superintendence in human affairs which 

 nature and revelation abundantly declare. Looking 

 also at the Sea as an emblem of the present world, we 

 have reason to bless God that he has not left us to 

 chance or skill in crossing the great ocean of human 

 life. "What the mariner's compass is to the seaman, 

 the Bible is to the Christian ; it is the heavenly nee die 

 by which he may steer his bark though the waves of 

 time, and direct his course to a better land. Happy, 

 thrice happy, is the man, who with Christ for his 

 Pilot, and the holy gales of the Sprit to waft him 

 onwards in his voyage, keeps his eye continually on 

 this compass ; for thus will he be enabled to navigate 

 with skill and safety all the seas he may have to cross ; 

 to weather out all the storms of life, and at length , 

 like some gallant ship that has long and ncbly bj ffeted 

 with the waves, to drop anchcr in the haven of eternal 

 blessedness. 



