Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: When gathering clouds around I view
Topic: God in Providence
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM six lines
Tune: St Petersburg
Hymn Number: 39
Page Number: 018, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen gathering clouds around I view,
And days are dark and friends are few;
On him I lean, who, not in vain,
Experienced every human pain.
He sees my wants, allays my fears,
And counts and treasures up my tears.
If aught should tempt my soul to stray
For heavenly wisdom's narrow way,
To fly the good I would pursue,
Or do the ill I would not do;
Still he who felt temptation's power,
Will guard me in that dangerous hour.
When, sorrowing, o'er some stone I bend,
Which covers all that was a friend;
And from his hand, his voice, his smile,
Divides me for a little while--
My Savior marks the tears I shed,
For "Jesus wept" o'er Lazarus dead.
And, oh! when I have safely passed
Through every conflict but the last,
Still, Lord, unchanging, watch beside
My dying bed, for thou hast died;
Then point to realms of cloudless day,
And wipe the latest tear away.