"The sailor on the midnight sea, if he would guide him across the trackless deep, must look not upon the dark troubled waves, but at the clear blue heavens. If the sky is overcast, and the star is veiled by the clouds, he must turn to his compass—and its needle, ever true to the pole, will point to the star, though it be hidden from his vision. So we, tossed on many a billow, if we would see heaven's guiding light, must look not on the waves of temptation, that dash and break around, but above, to God. Should darkness and clouds gather in the sky, let us turn to the Bible, and it will point to him who shines beyond the clouds in unchanging glory"

(Youth's Instructor, February 1, 1855).