<p>ANXIOUS, tempest toss'd and weary,<lb/> To the seaman's gladden'd sight,<lb/> 'Mid the night-storm, what so cheery<lb/> As the gleaming beacon's light?<lb/> Though the wilde waves wilder threaten,<lb/> Calmer now, he steers his way<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac074"/> To the long desir'd haven,<lb/> Guided by its friendly ray.<lb/> Like unto that beacon, truly,<lb/> He of upright heart and mind,<lb/> Holding high his light should shew the<lb/> Heav'nward way to all mankind.<lb/> Christian! lift your light on hight then,<lb/> Let it shine o'er all, and shew, <lb/> In this darksome world to all men,<lb/> How and where that men should go.</p> <p>LET your Light so shine that men seeing your good works may glorify your Father<lb/> which is in Heaven.-Matthew v. 16.<lb/> WE labour in the boisterous sea: Thou standest upon the shore and seest our<lb/> dangers: give us grace to hold a middle course betwixt Scylla and Charybdis, that<lb/> both dangers escaped, we may arrive at our Port secure.-S. AUGUST. Soliloq. cp. 35.<lb/> O LIGHT inaccessible, in respect of which my Light is utter darkness; so reflect<lb/> upon my weakness, that all the world may behold thy strengts: O Majesty incompre-<lb/> hensible, in respect of which my glory is mere shame; so shine upon my misery that<lb/> all the world may behold thy glory. -HUGO, Pia Desid.</p> <p>MY God, my light is dark enough at lightest,<lb/> Increase its flame, and give it strength to shine:<lb/> But t'is its glory to be foil'd by thine,<lb/> Let others lurk: my light shall be<lb/> Propos'd to all men; and by them to Thee.-QUARLES, Hieroglyph viii.</p> <p>HE does wickedly, that does not shew the right to one who is in the wrong.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac075"/> <p>HEAVEN doth with us, as we with torches do,<lb/> Not light them for ourselves; For if our virtues<lb/> Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike<lb/> As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched,<lb/> But to fine issues; nor Nature never lends<lb/> The smallest scruple of her excellence;<lb/> But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines<lb/> Herself the glory of a creditor,<lb/> Both thanks and use. -SHAKESPEARE.<lb/> So far the little candle throws its beams,<lb/> So far shines a good deed in a naughty world!</p> <p>QUI in occulto benè vivit, sed alieno profectui minimè proficit carbo est. Qui verò<lb/> in imitatione sanctitatis positus, lumen rectitudinis ex sese multis demonstrat,<lb/> lampas est: quia sibi ardet, et aliis lucet.-GREG. Super Ezech. homil. 5.<lb/> NUMQUAM est mutila opera civis bonis. -SENECA.<lb/> UTILE etiam exemplum quiescentis.<lb/> MELIUS homines exemplis docentur, quae in primis hoc in se boni habent, quod<lb/> approbant, quae praecipiunt, sieri posse. -PLINIUS, Paneg.<lb/> DOCTUS sine opere est ut nubes sine pluvia. -Adag. Arab.<lb/> SIC luceat lux vestra coram hominibus; id verò ex hoc fit, cùm apparet miseri-<lb/> cordia in affectu, benignitas in vultu, humilitas in habitu, modestia in cohabitatione,<lb/> patientia in tribulatione. -HUGO, De Claustro Anima, lib. 3.<lb/> SIC agitur censura, et ne exempla parantur,<lb/> Cum judex, alios quod manet, ipse facit. -OVID.</p> <p>O LORD; who art the Light, the Way, the Truth, the Life; in whom there is no<lb/> darkness, error, vanity nor Death: the Light, without which there is darkness; the<lb/> Way, without which there is wandering; the Truth, without which there is error; the<lb/> Life, without which there is Death: say, Lord, let there be Light, and I shall see Light,<lb/> and eschew darkness; I shall see the Way, and avoid wandering; I shall see the Truth,<lb/> and shun error; I shall see Life, and escape Death: Illuminate, O illuminate my blind<lb/> Soul, which sitteth in darkness, and the shadow of Death; and direct my feet in the way<lb/> of Peace.-S. AUGUST. Soliloq. cap. 4.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac076"/> <p>WHEN stormie Boreas puts the seas in rage,<lb/> And swelling waves intesting warre do wage;<lb/> When sun is darkn'd, when night doth heav'n confound,<lb/> And foaming billowes give a discord sound.<lb/> My light then leads the way trough reeling strands,<lb/> Guiding by Scyllas rocks, Charybdis sands.<lb/> Here we are tossed in a maine of feares;<lb/> But Christ our admirall the lanterne beares;<lb/> Least we should suffer shipwracke in the night,<lb/> He leads us trough all dangers by his light.<lb/> Who then wouldst come to Heav'ns long wisht-for bay,<lb/> Follow thy Saviour who's Truth, Light, and Way.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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