Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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WAITING FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. |
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WAITING FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE.
“And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then
after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where
the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.”
—Numbers, ix. 19.
How beautiful the lessons taught
By Israel's journeyings still appear;
With what divine instruction fraught,
For christian pilgrims to revere.
By Israel's journeyings still appear;
With what divine instruction fraught,
For christian pilgrims to revere.
And many a law whose influence sway'd
The earlier chosen of the Lord,
Divinely understood, may aid
Our holy progress Zion-ward.
The earlier chosen of the Lord,
Divinely understood, may aid
Our holy progress Zion-ward.
Have we no ark in this our day?
Are tent and tabernacle gone?
No cloud to tell us when to stay?
No radiant light to lead us on?
Are tent and tabernacle gone?
No cloud to tell us when to stay?
No radiant light to lead us on?
What if those outward signs are fled,
Their hidden meaning long shall last,
And souls, by Christ their Captain led,
Learn present wisdom from the past.
Their hidden meaning long shall last,
And souls, by Christ their Captain led,
Learn present wisdom from the past.
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Such when the cloud has veil'd from sight
Their ark within, awhile must rest,
And wait the dawning of that Light
Whose guidance heretofore has blest.
Their ark within, awhile must rest,
And wait the dawning of that Light
Whose guidance heretofore has blest.
But when the fire with brightness burns,
And when the shadowy cloud is gone,
These, as the light of grace returns,
In hope and gladness journey on.
And when the shadowy cloud is gone,
These, as the light of grace returns,
In hope and gladness journey on.
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