" No night is there !" The sun of love is beaming
Upon the happy denizens of heaven ;
Its pure effulgence from God's presence streaming,
Shines ever on the hosts of the forgiven.
No night is there !"for cloudy disputation
Is left behind upon the sinful earth ;
With notes of cheerful praise and adoration,
All voices blend to hymn the Saviour's worth.
" No night is there !"for want and pain are ended ;
Sin and temptation they shall know no more ;
And unbelief, with all that God offended,
Departed as they left the mortal shore.
No night is there !" for eye to eye each seeth,
There no harsh judgments, no distrust intrude ;
Before love's light all misconception fleeth,
And each esteems the other as he should.
" No night is there !"for none shall know the anguish
Of separation or estrangement keen ;
Under the Lord's chastisement none shall languish,
For there his glorious face unveiled is seen.
O, then, while here in darkness and in sorrow,
We wait with trembling hope the summons home ;
A ray from heaven to light our path we'll borrow,
Nor e'er beyond its hallowed influence roam.
