A HYMN IN THE NIGHT by Vina A. Sumner

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 28, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 17.

A HYMN IN THE NIGHT.

By Vina A. Sumner

Dear Saviour, seal this heart of mine, Forever more to be A consecration wholly Thine; With Thy pure love, my life refine, And bind it unto Thee.

O, fill my soul with heav’nly love, And breathe its unction there! Descend, O blest, angelic dove, Bestow thy riches from above, Answer my humble prayer!

Then shall hope’s star-enkindling beam Its warmth my soul entwine, And faith shall part with radiant streams The cloud’s deep vail of gloom, with gleams Of light from the Divine.

Its clasp shall still the mourner’s sigh, Shall dry the mourner’s tear, And raise to heaven the dewy eye From shadows deep, the sunny sky Emerge with holy cheer.

God and His Son by man be known As never known before. When Faith and Hope and Love have shown Their righteous fruits, the earth shall own The truth’s victorious power.

VINA A. SUMNER.

Syracuse, N. Y.