The Morning of Joy
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The Morning of Joy was written to encourage the reader as we navigate the trials of life and await that great day when Christ returns for His own.
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The morning! That is our watchword. Our evening prayers and songs are filled with hope. The morning adds hue to life, imparting color to that which is colorless, and freshening that which is faded. It is the essence of our hopes and dreams.
Stars may help to make the sky less gloomy, but they are not the sun – and besides, clouds have now covered them so they are no longer visible. Torches and beacon lights do not help. Our own lights make no impression upon the darkness; it is so deep, so real, so unmistakable. We might give up all for lost if we were not assured that there is a sun and that it is hastening to rise, and we are watching for it.
The church’s pilgrimage is nearly complete, yet she is no less a pilgrim as its end draws near. The last stage of the journey might be the dreariest for her. Her path lies through the thickest darkness that the world has yet felt. It is the sound of falling kingdoms that is guiding us onward. It is the fragments of broken thrones lying across our path that assure us that our route is the true one and that its end is near. Then comes the morning with its songs; and in that morning, a kingdom; and in that kingdom, glory; and in that glory, the everlasting rest, the Sabbath of eternity.
We belong to the day, and the day belongs to us, as our true heritage – and when it comes, we will not be ashamed for having zealously awaited that great day.
About the Author
In 1808, Horatius Bonar was born into a family of several generations of ministers of the gospel. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and was ordained in 1838. As a young pastor at North Parish, Kelso, he preached in villages and farmhouses, proving himself to be a comforter and guide. In 1843, he joined 450 other pastors to form the Free Church of Scotland after the “Disruption.” Horatius Bonar wrote numerous books, tracts, periodicals, and more than 600 hymns. He believed that people needed truth, not opinions; God, not theology; and Christ, not religion. From his first sermon to his last, he ended with “In such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.”
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1 review for The Morning of Joy
What an enjoyable book! I had no idea there could be so many Biblical applications for the word, morning. I can see this book being a great comfort while going through difficult times, especially as we lose more of our religious freedoms. This book takes a chronological journey of the “morning.” It begins with the Church looking towards its future inheritance and ends with the Church’s glory in heaven.
Bonar has a beautiful style of writing. You can see the hymn writer in him. But this book isn’t just eloquence. It has much to meditate on. Here are a couple of quotes that I appreciated.
(P43) The morning reveals what the night had hidden. … the morning carries out the lessons of the night and gives opportunities to demonstrate them.
(Ch. 12) Day is simply the night in blossom, the expanded petals of some dark, unattractive bud, containing in it glories of which no glimpses have yet reached us here.
P. 139 Tribulation is the soil, and glory is the blossom and the fruit.
I was blessed by reading this book, and others will be, too.