He Mistook the Light: A Lesson from the Great Britain
HE MISTOOK THE LIGHT.—And what was the consequence? Why, the largest steamship ever built, which cost two hundred thousand pounds in building, and left port in fine trim, with a company of three hundred souls on board, and a rich cargo, was wrecked in a dark and stormy night, on the most dangerous part of the coast of Ireland. Yet the captain and his officers were on the lookout—the chart was well examined; the usual precautions seemed to have been taken. But a light appeared which was not noted on the chart, and the captain was misled by it. He mistook it for another light which was on the chart, and so when he supposed82he was running out to sea, he was really running in upon the breakers. Such was the mistake, and so terrible were the consequences! The fate of the Great Britain contains a moral lesson of incalculable value. Every reader of these lines is voyaging on a dangerous sea, where thousands of false lights are lighted to deceive. Let all remember the only true course is to keep close to the unerring chart of Holy Scripture. Trust to no other guide. Trust to no other light.—Baptist Weekly.