Because
of these acts we know him to be
real, accessible, and infinitely gracious, and in that knowledge we find the
promise of both the coming
of his kingdom and the ultimate
fulfillment of our own lives: «Through the tender mercy
of our God, the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow
of death, to guide our feet into the way
of peace.»