Light

[Blake Bowden]

Let there be light. Jehovah said,
And primal darkness heard and fled;
Then, as the waters from the land;
He parted with almighty hand;
Light ridged the mountain chain with gold;
Light through the vales in glory rolled;
Light silvered ocean, lake and stream;
Light made the pall–like vapors gleam;
Light shone the forest vistas through;
Light gave the sky it′s burning blue;
Light fell in life–awakening showers;
On torpid leaves and sleeping flowers;
And all the universe waxed bright
Robed in it′s makers effluence–light.
There is a darkness of the mind;
As thick as dark, as undefined;
Ere God had said, Let there be light.
But as creations morning burst;
On chaos, and the gloom dispersed;
So does the Day star from on high.
Light to the darkened soul supply;
As that which wrapped the world in night;
So does God′s grace, that ray divine;
On the beseeching sinner shine;
Dispelling from the soul despair;
And shedding floods of glory there;
Oh, when there′s doubt and gloom within;
Black fruits of unrepented sin;
Search thou this book, and searching pray;
So shall thy sin be washed away;
So shall a beam illuminate thy night;
From him who said, Let there be light.

William Mercer Wilson