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VII.)
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NIGHT IN REAV
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moreeffectual for
our spiritual
advantage,
I
shall consi-
der
the
words
of
my
text,
"
there
shall
be
no night there,"
in
their metaphorical or spiritual
meaning,
as well as
in
their
literal
sense.
There
is
no
night
of
ignorance or
er-
ror
in
the mind, no
night
of
guilt or
of
sorrow
in
the
soul:
But
the
blessed
above
shall dwell
surrounded
with
the
light
of
divine knowledge, they
shall walk
in
the light
of
holiness,
and they
shall
be
for
-ever
filled
with the light
of
consolation and joy,
as
I
have
explained it
at the
be-
ginning
of
this discourse.
The
first
Remark
then
is
this,
"
When, heaven,
earth,
and
hell,
are compared together
with
relation
to
light
and
darkness,
or night
and
day,"
we
then
see
them in
their proper
distinctions and
aspects.
Every
thing
is
set
in its
most distinguishing
situation and appearance,
when
it
is
compared
with
things
which
are most opposite.
The
earth,
on which
we
dwell,
during
this
state
of
trial,
has
neither
all day
nor
all
night
belonging to
it,
but some-
times
light appears,
and again
darkness, whether in a na-
tural
or
a
spiritual
sense.
Though there
be
1png
seasons
of
darkness
in the
win-
ter,
and
darkness,
in the
summer
also, in its
constant
re-
turns,
divides one day from
another, yet
the
God
of
nature
hath
given us
a
larger portion
of
light than there
is
of
darkness
throughout
the whole globe
of
the
earth
And
this benefit
we
receive
by
the remaining
beams
of
the
sun
after
its setting,
and
by
the
assistance
of
the
moon and the stars of
heaven. Blessed be
God
for
the
moon and
stars,
as well as
for
the
sun
-beams
and the
brightness
of
noon. Blessed
be
God
for
all
the
lights
of
nature, but
we
still
bless him
more for the light
of
the
gospel,
and for any rays from heaven, any
beams
of
The
sun of
righteousness,
which diffuse, in
lower measures;
knowledge
and
holiness and comfort, among the
inhabit-
ants
of
this
our
world.
God
is
here manifesting
his
love
and
grace
in
such
proportions
as
he
thinks proper.
Some
tams of
the heavenly
world
break
out
upon
us
here in
this
dark
region.
God,
the
spring
of
all
our
light,
and
the
Lamb
of
God
by
his
spirit
communicates
sufficient
light to
us,
to guide
as
on in
our
way
to
that
heavenly
icon
ntry,.
In
hell
there
is all
night
and darkness, thick
darkness
in
every
sense, for the
God
of
glory
is
absent
there,
as