DISC. VI1.i NO NIGHT IN HE.wfiN. 459 the light of christianity is added to the light of Judaism and the light of nature; and that the law of Moses and the gospel of Christ, are set before us, in thisnation, in their distinct views, on purpose' to make our way to happiness more evident and easy. May, the song of Moses, and the sting of the"La be sung in our land ! But let us never rest satisfied till the light that is let into our minds become a spring" cif divine life within us, a life of know- ledge, holiness' and comfort. Let us not be found amongst the'number of those who when " light is come into the world, love 'darkness rather than light," lestwe fall under their condemnation, John iii. 19. Let us never rest till we "see the evidences of the children of God wrought in us with power; till the "day spring that has visited us from on high," !has entered into our spirits, and refined and moulded them into the divine image; till we who are by nature all darkness are made light itu the Lord. O what a blessed change does the converting grace of Christ make in the soul of a son or daughter of Adam? It is like the beauty and pleasure which the risingmorn- ing diffuse over the face of the earth, after a night of 'storm and darkness : It is so much ofheaven let, into all the-chambers ofthe soul; It is then onlythat we begin to know ourselves aright, and knowGod in his most awful amd most lovely manifestations : It is in this light, we see the hateful evil of every sin, the beauty of holiness, the worth of the gospel of Christ, and of his salvation. It is a light that carries divine heat and life with it; it re- news all the powers of the spirit, and introduces holiness, hope andjoy, in the room of folly and guilt, sin, dark- 'ness and sorrow. Remark III. IfGod has wrought this sacred and divine change in our souls, if weare made the children of light, or if we profess to have felt this change, and hope for an interest in this bright inheritance of the saints, " let us put away all the works of darkness, with hatred and de- testation. Let us walk in the light of truth and holiness," Eph. y. 3. "Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord ; walk as children of light." And the apos- tle repeats his exhortation to the Thessalonians ; " 'VC are all children of the light and of the day, and not the .sns of night or darkness , therefore' let us not sleep as
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