MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. 53 



still, as of old, illumined his beautiful face, but 

 with a clearer, warmer light, reflecting the heaven 

 upon which he gazed. For himself he had but 

 one regret that he had not been spared to 

 complete his last great labor, by which he 

 hoped to confer still one more benefit upon hu- 

 manity, by discovering some means affording 

 greater security for mariners on the treacherous 

 coast, when fogs draw down their impenetrable 

 veils over the lights, and the syren's voice fails to 

 pierce the fickle air. 



The faithful servant faithful unto death only 

 mourned that he could not have done more. With 

 the humble spirit of the true Christian, after hav- 

 ing in the estimation of his fellow-men done so 

 much, he, knowing better than others how much 

 was yet to be done, exclaimed "I am an un- 

 profitable servant. " 



Such a life and such a death exalt and glorify 

 humanity; illustrating and indelibly impressing 

 upon our hearts the sublime truth, that man is 

 made in the image of God. 



" Along the smooth and slender wires, the sleepless heralds run, 

 " Fast as the clear and living rays go streaming from the sun; 

 " No peals or flashes, heard or seen, their wondrous flight betray, 

 " And yet their words are quickly felt, in cities far away. 



4 ' Nor summer's heat, nor winter's cold, can check their rapid course ; 

 4 'Unmoved they meet the fierce wind's blast, the rough waves 

 sweeping force. 



