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THE CONTRAST.
Not so the Christian—he must fear and fleeThe pleasant scene and calm tranquillity
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With sorrow, and look hardship in the face.
Such halcyon days, and calms Elysian
Before the time, the Heaven-ward soul unman.
She dreads false pleasures and alike hath striven
With shine or storm as they to her are given.
His is the patient Fisherman's hard life
With wind and wave and seasons all at strife.
And when his bark is on the nightly sea
Cover'd with waves and all in jeopardy,
The Tempest will disclose his Saviour's Form,
Walking upon the waves amid the storm;
Then He will enter and appease the roar,
And bring them near unto the stable shore.
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