precious in my sight, I have loved thee.” Is there not a well of delight in that assurance? “Oh, but I have been in the dark as to my Lord. I have not walked in the light of his countenance, and he has hidden himself from me. I have had many questions in my conscience as to my condition before him.” Just so, because he loved you he would not let you be happy unless you were in a right state before him, and he has put you in the dark because you were not fit to be in the light. He loved you, and he