THE

JUVENILE MESSENGER

OF THE

Presbyterian Church in England.

VOL. XI.

Apostles of the risen Christ, go forth!
Let love compel.

Go, and in risen power proclaim his worth,
O'er every region of the dead, cold earth,-
His glory tell!

Tell how he lived, and toiled, and wept below;
Tell ALL his love;

Tell the dread wonders of his awful woe;

Tell how he fought our fight and smote our foe,
Then rose above!

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THE SHIPWRECK AND THE
FLOATING BIBLE.

"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end."

Ir was a lovely autumn evening when last we left the mouth of the Tay to go out upon the open sea. The

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