Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: O present still though still unseen (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: O present still though still unseen

Topic: Public Worship/Closing Hymns

Writer: W Scott

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 725

Page Number: 430, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O, present still, though still unseen,

When brightly shines the prosperous day,

Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen,

To temper the deceitful ray!



And, O, when gathers on our path

In shade and storm the frequent night,

Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath,

A burning and a shining light!