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 11 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 end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they be quiet : so he bring- eth them unto their desired haven. O! that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works towards the children of men ! Psalm cvii. As I pursued the meditations which this mag- nificent and varied scenery excited in my mind, I approached the edge of a tremendous perpendicul lar cliff, with which the down terminates; I dis- mounted 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 pleasant murmur. The sea-gulls were flying between the top of the cliff where I stood, and the rocks below, attending upon their nests, built in the holes of the cliff. The whole scene, in every direction, was grand and impres- sive; it was suitable to devotions The Creator appeared in the works of his creation, and called on the creature to honour and adore. To the be- liever, it is doubly so. He possesses a covenant right to the enjoyments of nature and Providence, as well as to the privileges of grace. His title- deed runs thus : " All things are yours; whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life,