For one day after this, he fell fast asleep when on the watch, after having eaten overmuch food, and as he slept dreamed of the goodly land flowing with milk and honey; there being a stiff breeze, the "Glad Tidings" gave a sudden lurch: Goodcheer started out of sleep, jumped to his feet, lost his balance, and fell overboard. His wild cry startled the mariners, both the few on deck and those below; they threw after him boards and ropes, and whatever would float. "The Promise" was lowered in the twinkling of an eye; Livelyhope and Bruised-reed jumped into it, and reached Good-cheer, who was sinking for the third time, for he could not swim. They lifted him out of the sea, the "Glad Tidings" bore down upon them, they reached the side of it, and all the mariners stood waiting to receive Good-cheer, whom they carried below, fearing he was a dead man. Doctor Freegrace took him under his care, and with much trouble brought him to life; he sneezed, opened his eyes, and said, "I perish with hunger." All who heard it knew that Good-cheer was himself again ; he came on deck next morning, and went to his post. The mariners, seeing him cast down, sought to restore him in the spirit of meekness, considering themselves lest they also should be tempted. The

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fall of Good-cheer did for him what the fate of Captain Foolish-heart failed to do; and from that day he kept under his body and brought it into subjection, lest by any means he himself should become a castaway.

CHAPTER XIX.

Contrary Winds-The Mariners reach the Sea of Communion -The "Full Assurance"--- A New Life - Talk about Emmanuel.

NOW

OW it came to pass after those things that Mariner Newman thought, "What am I more than Captain Foolish-heart that God should have kept me from the first day even till now?" He examined himself to see if He were in the faith, and gave good heed to the Book of Life, and to the log of the "Glad Tidings" when Emmanuel sailed in her on the first voyage. He set the Lord always before him, and sought by prayer and supplication to know His will. Delighting in the law of the Lord he meditated therein day and night, and was like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also did not wither, and whatsoever he did prospered. By this came an assured confidence that God would land them safe in the new world. The spirit of grace and wisdom which dwelt in him filled the souls of all on board, and they served with faithfulness in

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the place where the Lord had put them. About this time also Mariner Newman saw as it were the face of Emmanuel, and heard His voice saying unto him, "Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed for I am thy God, I will strengthen, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness," which caused his heart to leap for joy. It had often been a wonder to Mariner Newman that the Lord had given them but one glimpse of Himself when they had joined the "Glad Tidings," and had seldom appeared in person to help them. But now he saw it expedient that Emmanuel should be unseen lest the mariners should dwell more on His bodily presence than on the Spirit which was in Him. Moreover, in the Waters of Assurance were fulfilled the words, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."

Word having spread in the ship that Mariner Newman had seen the Lord, and that so land could not be far off, great was the joy of the mariners. When his family asked me concerning the truth of the rumour, he answered only, "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." But said they to him, "We would see the Lord with bodily eyes." Mariner Newman

answered, "Have ye not read the words, 'He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world'?" When they heard this Thomas knit his brow and placed his forefinger on his forehead; Peter opened his eyes, and then said, "Is it true then that the Lord is at hand?" "Yea," answered his father, "nearer to thee than the very air which thou breathest; in Him thou dost live, and move, and have thy being." "But," said Thomas, "how are we in the world as He is in the world?" "Well questioned, my son ; yet how can I answer thee who am but a child and no man? Remember that the world knoweth us not as it knows Him not? We would save men as He would, yet they will not come with us. We too, as He, are despised and rejected of men, are men of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Have ye ever thought how corrupt the waters would become were it not for the winds and the saltness? So the breath of the Lord and His grace preserves the world from wholly corrupting. It is even so with all who are true mariners, they are salvation to men, even as it is written, 'Ye are the salt of the earth.”” Then also spoke Charity, blushing at the sound of