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Poverty - by James Platt

you." Do not go on such a voyage without such a Pilot. He knows the coast, and all its dangers. Come to Him as the disciples did in the storm on the Lake of Galilee. They cried, "Lord, save, or we perish." He rose from his pillow, and hushed the storm in an instant with, "Peace, be still;" and as they neared the shore all was calm and still.

Christ's first disciples were sailors; and the scene on the lake is beautifully described by Bishop Heber: -

"When through the torn mil the wild tempest is streaming,
When o'er the dark waves the red lightning is gleaming,
Nor hope lends a ray the poor seamen to cherish,
We fly to our Saviour-' Save, Lord, or we perish.'
"Jesus, once rocket gut the breast of the billow,
Aroused by the shriek of despair hum Thy pillow,
Now seated in Glory, the mariner cherish,
Who cries in his anguish, 'Lord, save, or we perish.'"
As we are now
"Out on the ocean Sailing,"
therefore we must look out, for "squalls."