Thomas Guthrie

Not simply to the wind, however auspicious, does the seaman owe his progress. Without it, indeed, his ship would but rise and fall in the swell of the deep; but without the skill to catch

During a heavy storm off the Coast of Spain, a dismasted merchantman was observed by a British frigate drifting before the gale. Every eye and glass were on her. With all his faults, no man

As, with the genius that aspires to immortality, and anticipates the admiration of future ages, the painter leaves his name on a corner of the canvas, so Inspiration, dipping her pen in indelible truth, has

On decision of character, man’s best and eternal interest depends. Our position nearly corresponds to that of Israel on Carmel, when Elijah, standing by the mountain altar, addressed the people, saying, “How long halt ye

Our children may not abide; the earth sounds hollow to the foot—it is so full of graves. Ah! how few gardens are there where death has not left his footprints, when he came to steal

Now for the work, hereafter for the wages; earth for the cross, heaven for the crown. Go thy way, assured that there is not a prayer you utter, nor a word you speak, nor a

Are you trusting in a righteousness of your own! Leave that loom. Are the gossamer threads of your own TOWS and promises ever snapping in your hand, and breaking at every show of the shuttle?

The British museum possesses in the Portland vase one of the finest remains of ancient art; and it may be remembered how, some years ago—the world of taste was shocked to hear that this precious

To watch, to fight, with steady front to meet and repel temptation—in other words to do no evil, is, however, though an important part, but one, and not the most important part of Christian work.

Some can tell the time of their conversion, giving day and date, the hour, the providence, the place, the text, the preacher, and all the circumstances associated with it. They can show the arrow, which,