The ancient Hebrews began their artificial day in the evening,
and ended it the next evening; so that the night preceded the day,
whence it is said, evening and morning one day,” Gen. i, 5. They allowed
twelve hours to the night, and twelve to the day. Night is put for a
time of affliction and adversity: Thou hast proved mine heart, thou hast
visited me in the night, thou hast tried me,” Psalm xvii, 3; that is, by
adversity and tribulation. And the morning cometh, and also the night,”
Isaiah xxi, 12. Night is also put for the time of death: The night
cometh, wherein no man can work,” John ix, 4. Children of the day, and
children of the night, in a moral and figurative sense, denote good men
and wicked men, Christians and Gentiles. The disciples of the Son of God
are children of light: they belong to the light, they walk in the light
of truth; while the children of the night walk in the darkness of
ignorance and infidelity, and perform only works of darkness. Ye are all
the children of the light, and the children of the day; we are not of
the night, nor of darkness,” 1 Thess. v, 5.
and ended it the next evening; so that the night preceded the day,
whence it is said, evening and morning one day,” Gen. i, 5. They allowed
twelve hours to the night, and twelve to the day. Night is put for a
time of affliction and adversity: Thou hast proved mine heart, thou hast
visited me in the night, thou hast tried me,” Psalm xvii, 3; that is, by
adversity and tribulation. And the morning cometh, and also the night,”
Isaiah xxi, 12. Night is also put for the time of death: The night
cometh, wherein no man can work,” John ix, 4. Children of the day, and
children of the night, in a moral and figurative sense, denote good men
and wicked men, Christians and Gentiles. The disciples of the Son of God
are children of light: they belong to the light, they walk in the light
of truth; while the children of the night walk in the darkness of
ignorance and infidelity, and perform only works of darkness. Ye are all
the children of the light, and the children of the day; we are not of
the night, nor of darkness,” 1 Thess. v, 5.