Light

Unbelief is the shutter of the mind, keeping all dark within:
When Grace unbars the shutter, the willing light pours in,
And darkness, without effort of its own, recedes,
Driven by the force of light to make its own escape.
Till light breaks in, the eye, however sound, no object can behold;
‘Tis light alone makes manifest.
All solid peace that the mind of man enjoys,
It owes to the penetration of God’s light into his soul;
Hence we find it written in the Psalms,
“In Thy light shall we see light.”
Faith ‘s but a bubble, a notion floating in the mind, an airy fancy
Save for the Object it beholds, the Source from whence it springs,
Then, looking through the open’d shutter of the mind,
Jesus, the Light of Life, and Sun of Righteousness,
Himself comes in and makes us glad.