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The Ocean
All the works of nature are beautiful.
It is pleasant to contemplate them from the
least to the greatest, The wisdom, the power
and the goodness, of the great Architect
of the universe is manifest in them all from
the meandering rivulet, to the vast and
magnificent ocean, of whose beauties and
advantages, it is my purpose now to speak,
A calm ocean must be beautiful indeed --
the broad bosom of the "great deep" at rest
I know would be calculated to inspire in the
mind, and heart, of the beholder, all that is
susceptible in our nature, of being aroused to
pleasurable sensations, by estimable objects.
Oh, how I would be delighted to roam by the
sea shore in a calm, and behold the beautiful
surface of the majestic ocean as it seemed at
rest, I know that such a scene must be
calculated, to excite in us feelings of
reverence, and awe, to him who said to the
waters. "thus far shalt thou go and no
father" and when we look upon the
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this side of the picture, and contemplate
the ocean, as the high way of nations. and the
great thourough fare of the commerce of the
world, and as a source of wealth and even
sustenance to nations and individuals, We
are constrained to exclaim with hearts full
of love and gratitude. "how wondrous are thy works
Oh! thou God of Israel".
Mollie Lou
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Mollie Lou Mitchell
Compositure
1856
1886
Mollie
