And now another change is on the sea:—
That which was late so bland and beautiful

Has taken now a stern and iron hue
Turbid and threatening above, below,
A growing darkness closes on the scene;
The elements are mustering their strength
For desperate conflict. The determined wind
Lays on the waters its continuous blast,
While myriad billows whitening in its track,
Wave over wave, roll on their crested heads
In emulous confusion.-The great deep
Is moved from its foundations, and the waves,
Foul and discoloured, cast up mire and dirt,
Loading the shore with its pollution.

Fierce and more fierce the warring elements Engage ;- -as if the strength and wrath of Heaven, Driven before the presence of its God

Were poured along in one collected blast.
Such is the onset of the hurricane.

Old ocean writhes beneath it, and resents
The insult, flings its monstrous waves aloft,
And roars defiance.-Heaven's artillery
Rolls in full volley from the loaded clouds;
And thousand thousand flashes of red light,
Bursting from end to end the lurid sky,
Make the confusion visible.-Oh Thou!
Who once didst bow the Heavens and come down,
Thy throne encircled with dark waters round,
Clouds and thick darkness underneath thy feet,
Tempest and fire before Thee, whom but Thee,
Amidst the struggle and the agony,

Shall the tossed mariner look to ? whom but Thee,
When his heart melts within him, and his bark

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Now plunges down the fathomless abyss,
And now careers upon the billow's top,
And reels and staggers like a drunken man:
Whom, Lord Almighty, shall the sailor trust
But Thee? what other help but thine implore
O do Thou,
To save him lest he perish?
Whether the tempest rages from without
Or from within, whether the danger be
Death present or eternal-threatens it
The body's ruin, or, more dreadful far,
The soul's perdition-should thy terror, Lord,
Be on the spirit, should dark unbelief,
Shrouding the light of Heaven, close it round;
Should the Law war its thunders, conscience flash
Fiery emotions like the flames of Hell
Against it, should deep call on deep, and wo

On wo, the past upon the future call,
And so again the future on the past,—
Expected judgment on remembered sin,
"Despair!" the only answer-O do Thou
Hear and deliver! look in mercy down,
And make thy presence felt amid the storm!-
Not in the tempest-for thou art not there;
Not in the earthquake-for thou art not there;
Not in the fire-for it is not of Thee;
But in the small still voice-the voice of Love
Omnipotent, which whispers" fear thou not
For I am with thee!"-Lord! faithful and true!
Assure the troubled spirit of thy love,
Yea, let its fears assure it, let the storm
Witness of Thee, and sin and death and Hell,
And all things mighty to destroy, approve
Thee mightiest to save, to save and bless
Eternally the soul which trusts in Thee.

E. D. R.