3. O send out thy light and thy truth. The joy
of thy presence and the faithfulness of thy heart; let both of these be
manifest to me. Reveal my true character by thy light, and reward me according
to thy truthful promise. As the sun darts forth his beams, so does the Lord
send forth his favor and his faithfulness towards all his people, lighting up
even our darkest surroundings with delightful splendor. Let them lead me.
Be these my star to guide me to my rest. Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. First in thy mercy bring me to thy earthly
courts, and end my weary exile, and then in due time admit me to thy celestial
palace above. We seek not light to sin by, nor truth to be exalted by it, but
that they may become our practical guides to the nearest communion with God:
only such light and truth as are sent us from God will do this; common light is
not strong enough, nor will mere moral or physical truths assist to the holy
hill; but the light of the Holy Spirit, and the truth as it is in Jesus, these
are elevating, sanctifying, perfecting; and hence their virtue in leading us to
the glorious presence of God. It is beautiful to observe how David’s longing to
be away from the oppression of man always leads him to sigh more intensely for
communion with God.
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