200 NIMROD OP THE SEA; OB, 



read to them to-day the following words^ asSribed to the old 

 heathen Pythagoras, and they listened uuderstandingly to 

 his teaching : , 



"The Divine mind and universal spirit that pervades and diffuseth itself 

 over all nature. 



"All things receive their life from Him. There is but One only God, 

 Not seated above the world, and beyond the orb of the universe ; 

 But being himself all in all, he sees all things that fill his immensity. 



" The only principle, the light of heaven, the Father of all, 

 He produces every thing f he orders and disposes every thing ; 

 He is the reason, the life, and the motive of all things." 



And this reading seemed to satisfy their sense of the re- 

 lation between themselves and their Author. They may not 

 have known, but I think they felt, that the power of this 

 Deity found expression in the beautiful arid wonderful works 

 among which we live. 



Poor Jack ! he has few ports or havens of rest and safety 

 provided for him ! He meets with little kindness or consid- 

 eration at the hands of. his superiors; he feels that he is ex- 

 posed to danger on the sea,' and more deadly perils oh shore. 

 No one extends the helpful hand. All he hopes is that thwe 

 is a better future in store for him. Dibdin's "Sweet little 

 cherub " becomes a hymn of faith, and he believes in it as 

 a gospel. If you would reach him, show that this Provi- 

 dence is not only aloft, but that it cares for him on earth; 

 that it planted the succulent cactus, and created the water- 

 bearing terrapin on the scoria of the Galapagos, that man 

 might not perish. Teach him that where rains are not, the 

 great God provides the dew-imbibing pitcher-plant arid the 

 refreshing melon, that man might know his goodness; that 

 it is he who places the oil-bearing nuts and animals to feed 

 the lamp of life in the frigid zones, and the cooling acids 

 and sugary fruits to quench fevers in the torrid heats ; that 



