The Light of God’s Countenance

Offer sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. Ps. 4:5-7 Blessed joy! A gladness in the heart that surpasses the re­joicings of those that bathe in the luxuries of ever increasing wine and oil! A joy, that is caused by the blessed light of God's countenance lifted up...