What of the Nightr
But standing in the watch tower to
night I see more than the gleaming
lights of the evil resorts luring tin
victims to theh- fascinating but fata
haunts. I see dark shadows In tin
streets where no lights are. I see them
dark shadows following the burgla:
and the "hold up" man and the mur
derer with his pistol nnd knife. I sei
the dnrk nnd tightly closed house
from which no ray of light Is coming
These houses look deserted, but the;
are not deserted. They are outposts o
perdition, silent, but haunted with out
casts and gamblers and conspirator
who are flagrantly breaking the law
of the land. I see the low dives of i
great city reeking with human vermin
1 see also where the counterfeiters ar
silently doing their work in the still
ness of the night. Night is a symbt
of social calamity, sin and death. S
we find that most of the lowest oul
casts of society try to conceal thei
evil actious In the darkness of th
night. It is the time when the dev
otees of sin hold their high carniva
It is when tbe death dealers ar
nble to deliver their hardest blows wit!
the least chance of detection. But wit
God the night is not only the emblei
of calamity; lt is also the harbinger (
the day, for as Isaiah traveled fort
Into the darkness as a divine propln
be "saw the gleam of the sunrise con
lng over the eastern hills." Yes, 1
saw the time when righteousnef
would claim its disciples as well as tl
time when the enemies of God shou
be hurried away to their eternal Inca
ceratlon. "What of the night, Isaial
What of tbe night?" cries the officer <
the guard. Then the prophetic watc
mnn calls, "I see thc morning cornel
and also the nljfht." That means;
see the righteous triumph through (io
I see also '.he enemies of God scatter*
in complete defeat." "What of tl
night? What of the night?" You ci
to me. I answer: "The morning come
foi the disciples of Jesus Christ. I s
alst the eternal night coming for tho
who will not yield themselves
Christ'? love."
The uigi.t. the symbol of calamlt
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