Better to Be Known by God than by Men
Cover of Carter’s Morning Light
Today's Devotional
The Lord knows those who are his—2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV).
What matters it, though to our name
No page on earth be given?
If only, Lord, Thy blessed hand inscribe
our name in Heaven?
About the author and the source
Morning Light was written by an anonymous lady who also wrote Evening Rest. The preface was by Thomas Thellusson Carter (1808–1901), rector of Clewery, a major figure in the Victorian era church who restored some Catholic practices to his parish.
Anonymous. Morning Light; or Waking Thoughts for Every Day in the Year. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, c. 1865