The Lesson of the Eclipse.
THE eclipse of the sun, which we have just witnessed, teaches us one very important lesson. We have seen how a dark body can eclipse the brightest light in nature. The moon has no light of its own. Yet it is capable of completely extinguishing the light of the sun. So the world is utterly dark, but when it comes between us and Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, it can hide him completely from our view. In fact, most of the professed people of God live in an eclipse almost all their days. They mourn their spiritual darkness as though it were unavoidable. The truth is, it is their own fault. The world has come between them and Christ. If they do not, in their hearts, prefer this spiritual darkness, let them put away the world from between themselves and Christ.