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.
86.
Moonlight.
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 ;
