THE first time I went down the Hudson river, I was a very little girl, but I remember with how much interest I watched the new and strange and beautiful scenes through which we were passing. After going into the cabin for a time, I came on deck while the boat was among the highlands; and I saw that we were in what appeared to be a lake, surrounded by high hills, before, behind, on either side, and so far as I could see, there was no way out. I ran to find my father, and cried out, “Father, father, what shall we do? there is no way for the boat to get out.” He smiled, and said, “You cannot see it, my daughter; but there is a way out. Do not be afraid, the pilot has been here before; he knows the way, and will steer the boat safely.” Oh, how many times through life have those words returned to me. When hemmed in by difficulties on every side, and there seemed to me “no way out,” “Do not be afraid, my daughter, the pilot has been here before” came in tones of love upon my ear. Yes, the Saviour is at the Christian’s helm, and there is not a spot in life’s pathway but He will steer us through, if we look to Him and trust to His direction. God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1. Cor. 10:13.