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I doubt not, have changed mortality for life. By most of the sick my visits have been prized. Of some, who have been raised up, and are recovering their health, I have some hope that their afflictions, and my visits, will not be lost upon them ; but this I leave to God."

LOOKING TO THE CAPTAIN OF
SALVATION.

Wanderers o'er the stormy ocean!
Star of Bethlehem, be our guide!
Following thee, with true devotion,
Fear we not the swelling tide.

Rudely though our bark be heaving,
Dangers round, beneath, above!
Fiercer dangers gladly leaving,
Onward to our port we move.

Every billow, breaking o'er us,
Nearer brings the land of rest;
Fair the haven lies before us,-

Bright the mansions of the blest!

There the stormy wind is sleeping,
Calm and peaceful is that shore :
There shall be no pain or weeping,
There the weary toil no more!

CAPTAIN of salvation! succour,—
Saviour! grant us thy rich grace!
Arm us with thy Spirit's favour;
Grant us all, in heaven, a place!

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EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.

EDDYSTONE Lighthouse is, perhaps, the useful edifice of its kind that ever was erected for the benefit of seamen. It is about fourteen miles

from the port of Plymouth, and twelve from the nearest point of land. It is built on the largest of the cluster of dangerous rocks, known as the "Eddystone Rocks." The building is regarded as one of the most wonderful productions of art, and at the same time the most important object to the port of Plymouth: for without it, the entrance to the harbour would be extremely dangerous. It is not merely to ships resorting to Plymouth that it is useful, but to vessels of all nations passing up the channel, when they approach the coast of England.

A lighthouse appearing to be highly desirable in this place, because of the many ships wrecked on the rocks, an edifice of this kind was erected, begun in the year 1696, and finished in 1700, by Mr. Henry Winstanley, of Littlebury, in Essex. Many said the building would fall in a hard storm; but the architect expressed his confidence in its strength, and declared that he wished to be in it in the greatest storm that ever blew. His desire was fatally gratified; for, in November, 1703, Mr. Winstanley went out to the rocks to superintend some repairs of the building, when a fearful tempest arose, which so increased the next day, that the lighthouse, with its inmates, was swept away into the bosom of the foaming deep.

Another lighthouse, constructed of wood, was commenced here in 1706, and completed in 1709, by Mr. John Rudyard, a silk-mercer of Ludgatehill, London. This stood forty-six years, braving every storm; but some workmen repairing it in 1755, on their placing various stores, something caught fire, and, after five days continuance, the whole was consumed, December the 7th, of that year.

The present lighthouse was built by Mr. Smeaton, and it remains a striking monument of human ingenuity and skill. It is twenty-six feet in diameter, and one hundred feet in height. The first stone was laid June 1, 1757, and the whole work completed in October, 1759. The rock was cut into steps, and the foundation stones were wrought into these, fastened with cement. The outside of the building and its basement are formed of granite; that kind of stone being more competent than any other to resist the action of the water. The lantern on its top is octagonal, and the framework is iron and copper. Round the upper store room, upon the course of granite, under the ceiling, is the following inscription to the honour of God:

EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOUR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT. Psalm cxxvii.

This admirable building, containing a strong light to assist mariners in sailing rightly, seems adapted to remind us, that every Christian is designed to be a kind of lighthouse in the world, by his religious example, to guide and direct men in pursuing their voyage of life to the port of heavenly glory. Hence the apostle exhorts us, "Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life." Phil. iv. 14-16.

STORY OF THE RECULVER "SISTERS."

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CLOSING Our account of "Reculver" in our last number, we promised to give the "Story of the Two Sisters." This shall now be done; though complete historical memorials may not, perhaps, be obtained respecting the "Sisters:" but the following legend was given to the public, in the year 1780, of which the writer gave this history. Several years ago, being on a journey to SPA, I was detained some time in the University of LOUVAIN, by illness. During my stay, I made acquaintance with an Irish Jesuit, whom I found a most intelligent companion. He conducted me through the great library of that place, and in that of one of the colleges. While turning over various curious monasterial antiquities, I found a manuscript which contained memorials of a Dominical Friar of Canterbury, who quitted England at the time of the Reformation, and retired to Louvain. In this manuscript I met with the historical account of the church at Reculver, the substance of which I copied accurately, and carefully preserved." The account is interesting, as it refers to the manner of British navigation several centuries ago :

Towards the end of those troublesome times, when England was shaken by the feuds of the houses of York and Lancaster, there resided, on the banks of the Medway, a gentleman, whose name was Geoffry de St. Clair.

St. Clair had allied himself in marriage with the Lady Margaret de Boys, a woman of high

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