hangs over Hell's yawning deep. "Tis habit, sure;-go, Captain, go give him kind reproof-a sailor's heart may feel. Wear ship!-stand to the halyards-all ready—about she goes!—make fast, my lads! Captain, hear the boy ;- "It is one o'clock, and dinner waits.". How fine and mellow is this beef ;-excellent cider ;-how profusely is our table spread! Boy, hand some glasses! One glass to our owners, and one to all our absent friends. "Tis fine Madeira; it warms and refreshes as it goes. A few nuts to crack and pick, and then we'll walk again on deck. Alas! no news to-day. Poor Jose Wetmore* goes round in vain for us. The night draws on-the sun begins to fall; clear he bids us all farewell! O may I, when spent my days, set like the sun, nor cloud possess ! The moon appears, and o'er the deep her silver mantle throws. Thanks to that ALMIGHTY LORD who formed the sun to rule the day, and moon to give us light by night. The stars now set, and bespangle the canopy of Heaven ;-how truly grand! But, ah! how faint are these rolling flames when once compared to the righteous throng above! Redeemed from sin and death by Jesus' precious blood, they stand before the throne of God, and celebrate his praise. Great King of heaven, and earth, and seas! O bring my soul to that delightful place, where I shall sing thy boundless praise, when suns shall rise and set no more! Call the watch! Put out your lights below! Well, dear Captain, thanks for my entertainment to-day. If you wish to have an hour's chat to-morrow, let your cabin-boy hand you this paper. Good night, Captain-good voyage-farewell! JOHN STANFord. *The news-carrier. DIRECTORY ΤΟ THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. FOR THE USE OF UNFORTUNATES UNDER CONFINEMENT. BY JOHN STANFORD, M. A. Search the Scriptures. JOHN 5. 39. These evils I deserve, and more, Acknowledge them from God, inflicted on me justly; Whose ear is ever oper, And whose heart is gracious MILTON, altered. On the Majesty of God. 1 AM God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me. Isa. 46. 9. With God is terrible majesty. Job 37. 22. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. Isa. 2. 10. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted above all. 1 Chron. 29. 11. The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. Ps. 93. 1, 2. God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide the fierceness of his anger? Nahum 1. 2-6. See now, saith the LORD, that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. For I my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. If I whet my glittering Lift sword, and mine hand take hold of judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deut. 32. 39-41. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. Isaiah 45. 23. Therefore, prepare to meet thy God. Amos 4. 12. Man's Accountability to God. I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exo. 20. 2, 3. Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Jer. 32. 27. Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Ezek. 18. 4. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Ps. 100. 3. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Ps. 14. 3, 4. For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. For he will not lay upon man more than Job 34. 21, 22, Heb. 4. 13. right; that he should enter into judgment with God. 23. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1 Sam. 2.3. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. None of us liveth unto himself, and no man dieth to himself. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Rom. 14. 7. 12. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Cor. 5. 10. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Rev. 20. 11-15. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. 2 Cor. 5. 11. : The Evil, and Consequences of Sin. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen. 6. 5. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jer. 17. 9, 10. Wo unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Isa. 3. 11. As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. Ec. 9. 12. They consider not in their hearts, that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. Hosea 7. 2. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Ec. 9. 3. The wages of sin is death. Rom. 6. 23. If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him : but ifa man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? 1 Sam. 2. 25. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. Jer. 4. 18. Now therefore, thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Consider your ways. Hag. 1. 5. Salvation and Pardon. Lord, save us; or we perish. Matt. 8. 25. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else; a just God, and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Isa. 45. 22. 21. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3. 16. Thou shalt call his name JESUS; for he shall save his people from their sins. Matt. 1. 21. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David. Luke 1. 68, 69. The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many. Matt. 20. 28. To seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19. 10. He hath made peace by the blood of his cross. Col. 1. 20. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. Col. 1. 14. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 Tim. 1. 15. Wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7. 25. Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11. 28. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isa. 1. 18. There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4. 12. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of the mountains : truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. Jer. 3. 23. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation! Heb. 2. 3. |