Deeper yet; meditations for the quiet hour .. . ken face into the lightand the love of his own smiling face andfavor, and kisses the troubled brow. Therestoration is complete. So God deals with 116 DEEPER YET, US. Disobedience sends us into the shad-ows of conscious guilt. We have lost thejoy, the light of his presence. He forgivesus, and he restores our souls by lifting upthe face into the light of his blessed counte-nance; and, as we look up, we catch themessage of love beaming in his eye. My soul, why art thou cast down ? Whydost thou hide thy face in the shadows ?Thou canst not look up, be
Deeper yet; meditations for the quiet hour .. . ken face into the lightand the love of his own smiling face andfavor, and kisses the troubled brow. Therestoration is complete. So God deals with 116 DEEPER YET, US. Disobedience sends us into the shad-ows of conscious guilt. We have lost thejoy, the light of his presence. He forgivesus, and he restores our souls by lifting upthe face into the light of his blessed counte-nance; and, as we look up, we catch themessage of love beaming in his eye. My soul, why art thou cast down ? Whydost thou hide thy face in the shadows ?Thou canst not look up, because thou hastgrieved the Father-heart with thy disobedi-ence and wilfulness. Confess thy wrong-doing. God is so willing to forgive. Theshadow still clings to thee. See, the blessedHand is stretched out. Love divine lifts thyface out of the clouds into the glory ofGods presence, until it catches the light ofan eternal sunrise. Now thou canst singwith all thine heart, When Jesus shows his smiling face,There is sunshine in my soul. The Lord was ready to save me; therefore we willsing my songs.—Isa. 38: 20. jjOD heard Hezekiahs pra3^er, andgave him back his health i ^^^ ^y^g did not rebel againstProvidence in his sickness untodeath, but he did pray most fervently forrestoration, and God was ready to heal heart which feels the touch of infinitepower is also awakened to a sense of grati-tude and rejoicing. Hezekiah expressed hisjoy over answered prayer in this hymn ofpraise. The Lord was ready to save me,Therefore we will sing my songs,To the stringed instruments,All the days of our life,In the house of the Lord. Let us heartily thank God for a gospelthat can be sung, the very music of which,expressed in glad tidings, stirs the heart. The ministry of hymns has been a greatblessing in the progress of Gods 118 DEEPER YET, The history of the Christian life can bewritten in the songs of Zion. The apostlespeaks of singing in the heart and m
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