A song in the night! One thinks of night as darkness, stillness, inactivity; and song is associated with gladness, joy, thanksgiving. Yet it is a song in the night that often awakens one to light, beauty, and peace. As we learn to lift our thoughts Godward, amidst shadow and gloom, we are given the strength to declare with the Psalmist, "If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me."
A student of Christian Science was awake one night, working out a problem. Out of the stillness there came the song of a bird. Instantly the student's thought was filled with gratitude and joyful expectation. A great sense of peace came to her as she listened to the clear, joyous tones of the little bird ringing out in the night. It was not long before the darkness of her thought gave way to the brightness of God's radiant love, and before she, too, in her heart, sang a song of thanksgiving.
What if the little bird had feared the darkness and had silently hidden in the bushes? But no! The little fellow was singing his song, regardless of darkness. His song was like the sunny smile of a child in a sordid environment, like a breaking through of the sun's rays after a storm. We too shall be able to bless ourselves and others when we learn to sing joyfully in spite of the seeming darkness of material conditions. In fact, as we understand and declare that divine Love governs all, the night of error vanishes in the day of joy and light.
