Passengers from Europe to New York know that when the steamer
reaches a point fifteen miles from Sandy Hook the pilot comes
on board to superintend the navigation into New York harbor.
The great steamer slows down and the pilot climbs on board. If
this happens in the darkness of night the passengers looking
down from the deck can see a lantern on the surface of the ocean
where the pilot’s boat is lying. Presently he emerges from the
blackness and is soon on deck. From that moment the anxieties of
the captain and the officers are at an end. So when Christ is on
board our life, the government is upon His shoulders. (Text.)
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