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oest passed as furiouslY over your town, during
the same length of time, 1t would have left scarce!
a house standing. The yielding character OF the
,lement IN which the vessel is launched, is the
5reat secret of safety on such occasions. Hence
when gales occur upon the wide Ocean there ls
out little danger; but when they drive You upon
breakers on a lee shore, where the keel comes II
contact with the too sold earth, then II Is lni-
possible to escape shipwreck. l never experienced
sensation Of fear on the Ocean-but this TEN
pest has increased my confidence ten-foid, not
only in the Sea bu. in the Ship. 1t no longer
surprises me that few vessels are lost at sea. Tor
they and their element are made for each other.
And the practical conclusion from this experience
of gale is encouraging for all my future nav1ga-
ion. shall have conddencein in my Ship now, as
/ have ever had in the Sea. Ever since my eyes
.irst rested on the ocean, have cherished an IN
.tnctive affection for it, as If 1t were something
capable of sympathy and bencvolence When
calm it is TO me a slumberng infant-iyour own
Moses, for nstancc) How TRANQUILITY it sleeps !.
no trace of grief or quilts on Its forebead-no
trouble in It's breast. It a mirror in which the
clear blue sky beholds the reflection Of its bright
ness and purity.