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264 5 Thy people s guilt, a heavy load, (When standing in their room,) Deprived thee of the light of God, And fill d thy soul with gloom.

6 How punctu lly eclipses move, Obedient to thy will ! Thus shall thy faithfulness and love Thy promises fulfill.

7 Dark, like the moon without the sun, I mourn thine absence, Lord ! For light or comfort I have none But what thy beams afford.

8 But, lo ! the hour draws near apace, When changes shall be o er ; Then I shall see thee face to face, And be eclipsed no more.

1 THE moon has but a borrow d light, A faint and feeble ray ; She owes her beauty to the night, And hides herself by day.

2 No cheering warmth her beam conveys, Though pleasing to behold ; We might upon her brightness gaze Till we were starved with cold.

3 Just such is all the light to man Which reason can impart; It cannot show one object plain, Nor warm the frozen heart.

4 Thus moonlight views of truth divine To many fatal prove ; For what avail in gifts to shine, Without a spark of love ?

5 The gospel, like the sun at noon, Affords a glorious light ;