Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Forth from the dark and stormy sky (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Forth from the dark and stormy sky

Topic: Public Worship/Opening Hymns

Writer: <no first name given> Heber

Composer:

Meter: LM six lines

Tune:

Hymn Number: 678

Page Number: 408, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Forth from the dark and stormy sky,

Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly;

Forth from the world, its hope and fear,

Father, we seek thy shelter here:

Weary and weak, thy grace we pray;

Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.



Long have we roamed in want and pain;

Long have we sought thy rest to gain;

Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,

Long have our souls been tempest-tost;

Low at thy feet our sins we lay;

Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.