Zion’s Light is Come

Arise, shine; for thy light is coins, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and his glory shall be upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy coming. Isa. 60:1-3 It is night. Darkness covers the earth, -- a darkness not of a night with stars shining in its heavens, but the darkness of a night with skies overcast with a thick,...