"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

" The L ORD make H is face shine upon thee ." -Numbers 6:25 [KJV] The allusion here seems, to my mind, to be to the sun. Sometimes the natural sun has not risen; and the world must needs be dark if the sun be still beneath the horizon. So with many gracious souls; it is darkness with them, midnight darkness, Egyptian darkness, darkness to be felt, because at present neither the Day-star has appeared nor the Sun of righteousness risen upon them with healing in H is wings. It will and must be dark with them till the Sun rise. But sometimes after the sun has risen we see not his face; clouds, deep, dark clouds, may obscure the face of that bright luminary throughout the whole day, and we may not get a single ray from him through the whole period that he is above the visible horizon. So, many of the Lord’s family, after the Sun has risen upon them in the morning of their spiritual life, may pass, perhaps, much of their subsequent time in the dark shadow, till perhaps ...

Jesus, once for sinners slain, From the dead was raised again; And in heav'n is now set down, With His Father on His throne, With His Father on His throne. There He reigns a King supreme; We shall also reign with Him; Feeble souls, be not dismayed; Trust in His almighty aid, Trust in His almighty aid. He has made an end of sin; And His blood hath washed us clean; Fear not! He is ever near; Now, ev'n now, He's with us here, Now, ev'n now, He's with us here. Saints on earth, with saints above, Celebrate His dying love; And let every ransomed soul, Sound His praise from pole to pole, Sound His praise from pole to pole. - Gospel report by preacher Joseph Hart -Tune: “Take My Life and Let It Be” – by H.A.C. Malan