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Caesar, when crossing an unknown part of the sea in a little bark, during a dreadful storm, said, when the courage of the pilot failed, "Fear not, for you carry Caesar!" How truly may a Christian say, in the midst of all afflictions and tribulations, "Fear nothing, O my soul, you carry Jesus Christ!"

What though the windows of heaven be opened for a storm, or the fountains of the deep broken up for a flood, desertions from abroad, afflictions from below—yet God who sits in heaven will not cast away his Son.

Christ who lives in me—will not let me sink; the swelling waves I know—are but to waft me nearer heaven, and the swelling deeps—are to make me awake my Master. Prize your Christ; they shall not drown you, therefore they must not daunt you; for while I sail with Christ—I am sure to land with Christ.