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( 10 ) upon the pastures of the wildernes, and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valeys also are covered over with corn: they shout for joy, they also sing.

As I looked upon the numerous ships moving before me, I remembered the words of the Psalmist; 'They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They, reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits ends. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storin a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. O! that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.' Ps. cvii.

As I pursued the meditations which this magnificent and varied scenery excited in my mind, I approached the edge of a tremendous perpendicular cliff, with which the down terminates; I dismounted from my horse, and tied it to a bush. The breaking of the waves against the foot of the cliff at so great a distance beneath me, produced an incessant and pleasing murmur. The sea-gulls were flying between the top of the cliff where I stood, and the rocks below, attending upon their nuts, built in the holes of the cliff. The whole scene in every direction, was grand and impressive; it was suitable to devotion. The Creator appeared in the works of his creation, and called upon the creature to bonor and adore. To the believer, it is doubly so. He possesses a care- nant right to the enjoyments of nature and Providence, as well as to the priviliges of grace. His title-deed runs thus; 'All things are yours; whether Paul or Apollos,