The seed of light.
(Another outline.) The text leads us to consider—
I. WHENCE WHAT LIGHT OF GLADNESS AND JOY WE HAVE HAS COME. The seed was sown:
1. At the Creation.
2. In God's plan of providence.
3. In the gift of Christ.
4. In the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Church, the Scriptures, and in our own soul.
II. WHERE WHAT OF LIGHT WE HAVE LOST IS CONE.
1. Into God's keeping.
2. As seed.
3. For increase and glory.
III. WHITHER WE MUST LOOK FOR WHAT WE WOULD HAVE COME BACK.
1. In the way of submission to God's will. (1 Peter 5:6.)
2. To the Holy Spirit's work in our souls.
3. To the unfolding of God's providence.
4. In the endeavour to help and comfort others.
5. To the resurrection morn, and the heavenly home.—S.C.