The Rising of The Sun of Righteousness
"At evening-time it shall be light." -Zechariah 14:7 [KJV] Then must it be miraculous; for nothing short of a supernatural work could produce such an effect. Sunrise at even-tide is contrary to nature; and the rising of the Sun of righteousness is a work of grace. Pause then, my soul, over the promise, and see whether such an event hath taken place in thy circumstances. As every thing in Jesus, and His salvation, in respect to His church and people, is the sole result of grace, not nature; so all the Lord's dispensations carry with them the same evidences. It is even-time in the soul, yea, midnight darkness, ere first the Lord shines in upon it; it is so in all the after dispensations, when some more than ordinary manifestation is made; it is among the blessed methods of grace, when the Lord surprizeth His people with some rich visits of His love and mercy. "I said, (cried the church, at a time when the waters of the sanctuary ran low) My way is hidden from the ...