The Sailor. ADDRESS OF THE SAILOR'S PASTOR. THE shepherd of that wandering flock Of the sailor's heart, All its pleasures and its griefs, And lift and drift, with terrible force, The will from its moorings and its course: Therefore, he spake, and thus said he : "Like unto ships far off at sea, Outward or homeward bound, are we, Before, behind, and all around, And climb the crystal wall of the skies, As if we could slide from its outer brink. It is not the sea that sinks and shelves, That rock and rise, With endless and uneasy motion. Now sinking into the depths of ocean. To the toil and the task that we have to do, LONGFELLOW. CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS. "What I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch."-(MARK xiii. 37.) WATCH and every sin decline That would watchfulness impair; CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS. Surfeiting, excess of wine, Wealth's deceit, and worldly care. Watch-and every means employ— Search what holy men record, Pray in sickness, sing in joy, Meet with those that fear the Lord. Watch the foe is at your door, Full of wiles and great in power— Hark! it is the lion's roar, Watch a precious charge you keep- Marks how every watchman guards. Watch the Master, like a thief, May appear when least you think— Long the time may be or brief, Let not then the eyelid sink. Watch-how blest when He appears Will the ready servant be! Ends his watch with all its fears Triumph crowns fidelity! J. LONGMUIR 221 MARINER'S HYMN. LAUNCH thy bark, mariner! Look to the weather-bow, "What of the night, watchman? What of the night?" "Cloudy-all quiet No land yet-all's right." Be wakeful, be vigilant : At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. |