St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20
Bright Morning in the Window
Bye. s. WALKER, CHICAGO.

BY c. S. WALKER, CHICAGO.
"And he shall be as the light of the morning.
Sam. %: L.
Papa it's time to dit up" said a
bright little baby daughter to us few
mornings since, who was restless and
anxious for daylight. ''NO, darling, il
is dark night yet" She instantly re-
joined, "No, papa, no, see its bright
morning in the arindO,O." The shutters
were closed and the room dark, but at
the top of one of the windows facing
the east, two or three of the Stats were
turned, and there sure enough the
bright beams of the rising dawn were
steadily shining in, a CHEEKY sight to
one weary of the long winter night.
ats bright morning in the window :"
the quick earnest words of the child
have fingered in my heart ever since.
AS few sweet notes in beautiful air
will sometimes echo in memory, and
dwell with us in something that seems
still nearer than memory, for days and
weeks after we have heard them, the
words speak somehow to my inner man
as an oracle, and, if could read them
Alright, as a cheering and blessed con-
ISOLATION.
Man sleeps, forgets, neglects not so
our heavenly Father true to the min
ute his daily sunlight comes to bless
and cheer the world. What a reminder
each day of Gods constant remembrance
of us, his loving provision for our hap
piness and comfort ? "GOd is Hght,"
Il John l.: 81; He covereth himself
with light us with Il garment" FPS.
I04: y. How wildly and constantly
should the day dawn remind us of him
ebay unto day uttereth speech" When
Christ came, it was proclaimed, "the
day-spring from on high hath visited
us, to give light to them that sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet in the way of peace"
luke I:78). Throughout the Bible,
light represents good, and darkness
evil. How every Christian should love
the light; how every Christian heart
should glow with fervent devotion when
he greets the rising dawn, reminding
him, us 1T always should do, of that
brighter day when our Lord himself
shall appear.
''In the soul of every one that is
"born again" there is window that
looks straight heavenward, the win
dow of .tdith; it is always Upright
morning in that window. However
troubles and difficulties may beset and
aff1ict us, and at times seem as if they
would over whelm us, we have only to
look there, and the sweet light of Gods
''great and precious promises" steadily
shining in, assures and comforts us.
No matter how deep the trouble, how
great the surrounding gloom, we know
that our heavenly father orders, directs
and controls all things; there are no
accidents or uncertainties with him
through the storm and the tempest, re-
member, at is L, be not afraid, pit
aCdS l, the elements are mine. "GOd is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that We are able; but
will with the temptation also make
way to escape, that We may be able to
bear it," Il Cor. 10: I3); "AU things
work together for good to them that lore
God" (ROm. 8: 2S); "Fear thou not for
l am with thee, be not dismayed for
am thy God; l will strengthen thee,
yea, | will help thee, yea, | will uphold
thee with the right hand of my right
eOusness," isaiah Al: 10y. Looking at
the blessed light III the window, should
not our hearts always respond, "The
Lord is my light and my salvation,
whom shall l fear 2" FPS. 81: ~; eff
God be for us, who can be against us 2"
from. 8: 81.
AS we grow old, infrmities come,
"the keepers of the house tremble, and
the strong men bow themselves" the
weary wilderness road seems to grow
even more rugged and painful yet we
faint not, for ''though our outward man
perish, our inward man is rene,ced day
by day." And we know, that "our light
atfiictiOn which is but for a moment,
worketh for us far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory" e Cor.
a: Is, ~. Oh, with every earnest look
of faith, is there not "bright morning in
the aUindOlU ?n-Tr1tth.