Songs in the Night
A man sits by a campfire on a hill beneath a starry night sky

Songsin theNight

Popular Songs Read Through Scripture

Monty L. Donohew

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“But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night.” Job 35:10

Forty-six essays on songs you know, from “The Scientist” to “Here Comes the Sun.” Each one listens to the song first, then reads it beside Scripture. Every essay has the recording ready to play.

A man and a woman stand apart on either side of a winding road that climbs to a door on a hillPart OneLove and LongingA figure kneels in despair as another runs toward her down a winding path, holding up a lanternPart TwoDespair and RescueA smoky industrial city by the water; a lone figure walks a path toward a small stone chapel with a lit doorwayPart ThreeThe City and the SanctuaryA potter shapes a vessel at a wheel inside a stone workshop; an open door shows a winding path into the hillsPart FourThe Maker and the MadeAn old man with a staff stands on a mountaintop looking over a river valley lit by golden lightPart FiveFrom the Top of PisgahTwo friends stand on a wooden footbridge at sunrise beside the embers of a campfirePart SixJoy in the Morning

The printed book and prints of the paintings