8. Yet the Lord willcommand his lovingkindness in the daytime.
Loving-kindness is a noble life-belt in a rough sea. The day may darken into a
strange and untimely midnight, but the love of God ordained of old to be the
portion of the elect shall be by sovereign grace meted out to them. No day
shall ever dawn on an heir of grace and find him altogether forsaken of his
Lord; the Lord reigns, and as a sovereign he will with authority command mercy
to be reserved for his chosen. And in the night. Both divisions of the
day will be illuminated with special love, and no stress of trial will prevent
it. Our God is God of the nights as well as the days. His song shall be withme. Songs of praise for blessings received will cheer the gloom of the
night. The belief that we shall yet glorify the Lord for mercy given in
extremity is a delightful stay to the soul. And my prayer unto the God of mylife. Prayer is yoked with praise. The living God is the God of our life;
from him we derive it, with him in prayer and praise we spend it, to him we
devote it, in him we shall perfect it. To be assured that our sighs and songs
will both have free access to our glorious Lord is to have reasons for hope in
the most deplorable condition.
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