"I will awake the dawn"

Psalm 57:8 (Smith Trans.)

          We repeatedly come upon entries in the Diary of Dr. Chalmers, which express what he called "the morning grace of appropriation."

"Began my first waking moments with confident hold upon Christ as my Saviour." "A day of quietness." "My faith took hold of the precious promises this morning."

     "The morning makes the entire day.  To think of morning is to think of a bloom and fragrance that, if missed, cannot be overtaken later on in the day.  The Lord stands upon the shore in the morning and reveals Himself to the weary, disillusioned men who had toiled all night and taken nothing.  He ever stands upon life's most dreary and time-worn shores and as we gaze upon Him, the shadows flee away and it is morning."

Unknown author

I met God in the morning
When my day was at its best,
And His presence came like sunrise,

Like a glory in my breast.

All day long the Presence lingered,

All day long He stayed with me,

And we sailed in perfect calmness           

O’er a very troubled sea.

Other ships were blown and battered,
Other ships were sore distressed,

But the winds that seemed to drive them                  

Brought to me a peace and rest.

Then I thought of other mornings,

With a keen remorse of mind,
When I too had loosed the moorings,

With the Presence left behind.

So think I know the secret,
Learned from many a troubled way:
You must seek Him in the morning

If you want Him through the day!

    Ralph Spaulding Cushman