‘Be of good cheer.’ ‘Tell us not to be frightened when we see something stalking across the waves in the darkness!’ ‘It is I’; surely that is enough. The Companion in the storm is the Calmer of the terror. He who recognises Jesus Christ as drawing near to his heart over wild billows may well ‘be of good cheer,’ since the storm but brings his truest treasure to him. ‘Well roars the storm to those who hear A deeper Voice across the storm.’ And He who, with unwetted foot, can tread on the wave, and with