[Written for the Sentinel]

Illumination

OPEN , ye gates of dawn,
The sun of Love comes through!
All mists of doubt are gone,
And daylight shines anew.

There is no night so dark
But morning will dispel,
For when the hour is blackest, Hark!
A cry comes, All is well !

The midnight shadows fade
Into a sea of light;
All that is good God made,—
Good is the only might.

Then open, gates of light!
Children of God, pass through;
All earthly fears now take their flight,—
Praise God for life made new.

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