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ANXIOUS, tempest toss'd and weary,
To the seaman's gladden'd sight,
'Mid the night-storm, what so cheery
As the gleaming beacon's light?
Though the wilde waves wilder threaten,
Calmer now, he steers his way
Guided by its friendly ray.
Like unto that beacon, truly,
He of upright heart and mind,
Holding high his light should shew the
Heav'nward way to all mankind.
Christian! lift your light on hight then,
Let it shine o'er all, and shew,
In this darksome world to all men,
How and where that men should go.
LET your Light so shine that men seeing your good works may glorify your Father
which is in Heaven.-Matthew v. 16.
WE labour in the boisterous sea: Thou standest upon the shore and seest our
dangers: give us grace to hold a middle course betwixt Scylla and Charybdis, that
both dangers escaped, we may arrive at our Port secure.-S. AUGUST. Soliloq. cp. 35.
O LIGHT inaccessible, in respect of which my Light is utter darkness; so reflect
upon my weakness, that all the world may behold thy strengts: O Majesty incompre-
hensible, in respect of which my glory is mere shame; so shine upon my misery that
all the world may behold thy glory. -HUGO, Pia Desid.
MY God, my light is dark enough at lightest,
Increase its flame, and give it strength to shine:
But t'is its glory to be foil'd by thine,
Let others lurk: my light shall be
Propos'd to all men; and by them to Thee.-QUARLES, Hieroglyph viii.
HE does wickedly, that does not shew the right to one who is in the wrong.
HEAVEN doth with us, as we with torches do,
Not light them for ourselves; For if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched,
But to fine issues; nor Nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence;
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself the glory of a creditor,
Both thanks and use. -SHAKESPEARE.
So far the little candle throws its beams,
So far shines a good deed in a naughty world!
QUI in occulto benè vivit, sed alieno profectui minimè proficit carbo est. Qui verò
in imitatione sanctitatis positus, lumen rectitudinis ex sese multis demonstrat,
lampas est: quia sibi ardet, et aliis lucet.-GREG. Super Ezech. homil. 5.
NUMQUAM est mutila opera civis bonis. -SENECA.
UTILE etiam exemplum quiescentis.
MELIUS homines exemplis docentur, quae in primis hoc in se boni habent, quod
approbant, quae praecipiunt, sieri posse. -PLINIUS, Paneg.
DOCTUS sine opere est ut nubes sine pluvia. -Adag. Arab.
SIC luceat lux vestra coram hominibus; id verò ex hoc fit, cùm apparet miseri-
cordia in affectu, benignitas in vultu, humilitas in habitu, modestia in cohabitatione,
patientia in tribulatione. -HUGO, De Claustro Anima, lib. 3.
SIC agitur censura, et ne exempla parantur,
Cum judex, alios quod manet, ipse facit. -OVID.
O LORD; who art the Light, the Way, the Truth, the Life; in whom there is no
darkness, error, vanity nor Death: the Light, without which there is darkness; the
Way, without which there is wandering; the Truth, without which there is error; the
Life, without which there is Death: say, Lord, let there be Light, and I shall see Light,
and eschew darkness; I shall see the Way, and avoid wandering; I shall see the Truth,
and shun error; I shall see Life, and escape Death: Illuminate, O illuminate my blind
Soul, which sitteth in darkness, and the shadow of Death; and direct my feet in the way
of Peace.-S. AUGUST. Soliloq. cap. 4.
WHEN stormie Boreas puts the seas in rage,
And swelling waves intesting warre do wage;
When sun is darkn'd, when night doth heav'n confound,
And foaming billowes give a discord sound.
My light then leads the way trough reeling strands,
Guiding by Scyllas rocks, Charybdis sands.
Here we are tossed in a maine of feares;
But Christ our admirall the lanterne beares;
Least we should suffer shipwracke in the night,
He leads us trough all dangers by his light.
Who then wouldst come to Heav'ns long wisht-for bay,
Follow thy Saviour who's Truth, Light, and Way.
FARLIE'S Emblems.
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN
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