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An Exhortation
out of Night
Marching into
darkness by our own design,
We close our eyes to
every fateful sign;
Turning unto passion
rather than the Light,
We stab ourselves
with every demon’s knife;
Thinking ourselves
égalité and the Light,
We stumble ever
onward through our night!
Mercy from the
Father is our only prayer,
That He would turn
our eyes to our despair,
Invading our
darkness with His holy Light,
That we should turn
and flee out of our night,
Coming upon the
gracious Love of our life!
Oh, Father, hear
this prayer to shed the night!
There upon the
mountain, at the passion tree,
Comes our
deliv’rance from the Trinity;
If we will but throw
ourselves under His care,
He will deliver us
from our despair
By Heaven’s mercy
over our fumes of night
To be delivered by
Lord Jesus Christ!
Look upon His
passion there on Calvary!
See how He shed His
blood for you and me!
Giving up a pure
life in divinity,
He chose to come and
die for you and me!
No greater love is
ever known in this life
Than that delivered
by Lord Jesus Christ!
©2015 William F.
Maddock
“but He was
pierced through for our rebellions,
beat to pieces
for our perversions;
the rebuke for
our peace was upon Him,
and by His wounds
we are made whole”
Isaiah 53:5
