{"id":8362,"date":"2022-07-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2022-07-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T05:00:00","slug":"light-shining-out-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/light-shining-out-of-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Shining Out of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91064011\/1914-07-17\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Newark Evening Star, July 17, 1914<\/a>. By William Cowper.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>God moves in a mysterious way<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His wonders to perform;<br\/>He plants His footsteps in the sea<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And rides upon the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Deep in unfathomable mines<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of never-failing skill,<br\/>He treasures up His bright designs,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And works His sovereign will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The clouds ye so much dread<br\/>Are big with mercy, and shall break<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In blessings on your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But trust Him for His grace;<br\/>Behind a frowning Providence<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He hides a smiling face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>His purposes will ripen fast,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfolding every hour;<br\/>The bud may have a bitter taste,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But sweet will be the flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Blind unbelief is sure to err,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And scan His work in vain;<br\/>God is His own interpreter<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And He will make it plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Newark Evening Star, July 17, 1914. By William Cowper. God moves in a mysterious way&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His wonders to perform;He plants His footsteps in the sea&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of never-failing skill,He treasures up His bright designs,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And works His sovereign will. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The clouds ye so much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[320],"class_list":["post-8362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newark-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-william-cowper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}