Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O sometimes the shadows are deep
Topic: Christ/Rock
Writer: E Johnson
Composer: W Fischer
Meter: 8s with chorus
Tune: The Rock That is Higher
Hymn Number: 667
Page Number: 269, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO SOMETIMES the shadows are deep,
And rough seems the path to the goal;
And sorrows, how often they sweep,
Like tempests, down over the soul!
CHO.- O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I;
O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I.
O sometimes how long seems the day,
And sometimes how heavy my feet!
But, toiling in life's dusty way,
The Rock's bless-ed shadow, how sweet!-CHO.
O near to the Rock let me keep,
Or blessings, or sorrows prevail;
Or climbing the mountain-way steep,
Or walking the shadowing vale.-CHO.