JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

"He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

When in the wilderness,
Faint and provisionless,

Israel was wandering,

God's overshadowing

Fiery presence in glory was seen.

Christ, like a beacon-light,

Shines through the dark of night,
Leading the saints of God

By the way he has trod,

Till they reach safely in Heaven their abode.

Christian wayfaring men,
Take up your crosses, then;
Jesus both can and will

Guide and support us, till
We too come safely to Zion's fair hill:

There shall all labours cease,
There shall be joy and peace,
There every living thing

Shall without ceasing sing

Praises to Jesus, our God and our King.

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STILLING THE TEMPEST.

"The wind and the sea obey him."

The wind, it came down with a gusty sweep
From Galilee's hills on the peaceful deep,
Which was lifted on high by the tempest's breath,
And threatened beneath with the chasms of death.

The hearts of the sailors were valiant and true,
But fiercer and fiercer the wild wind blew.
And the billowy surge swept over the deck,
And the ship was covered, and all but a wreck.

There was but One who had power to save
The poor stricken souls from a watery grave,
But he lay, in spite of the storm on the deep,
Behind on a pillow, and fast asleep.

The disciples made haste the Lord to awake,

To behold the tempest that shook the lake; "And carest thou not, good Master "-they said— "O save us, we perish without thy aid."

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THE GODLY MAN.

"The world passeth away and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."

Shifted by every wind that blows,

Nor rest nor peace the worldling knows ;
Unsafe his path, unfixed his aim,

His highest hope an earthly fame.

The man of God holds straight his course,
Unshaken by the tempest's force,

His trust is in the Lord most high,

His hope a mansion in the sky.

Lord, give me grace with all my heart
To choose and love the better part,
That, when this world shall cease to be,
may in Heaven thy glory see.

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