Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Still will we trust though earth seem dark and dreary (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Still will we trust though earth seem dark and dreary

Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy

Writer: W Burleigh

Composer:

Meter: PM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 801

Page Number: 468, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Still will we trust, though earth seem dark and dreary

And the heart faint beneath his chastening rod,

Though rough and steep our pathway, worn and weary,

Still will we trust in God!



Our eyes see dimly till by faith anointed,

And our blind choosing brings us grief and pain;

Through him alone who hath our way appointed,

We find our peace again.



Choose for us, God!  nor let our weak preferring

Cheat our poor souls of good thou hast designed;

Choose for us, God!  thy wisdom is unerring,

And we are fools and blind.



So from our sky, the night shall furl her shadows,

And day pour gladness through his golden gates;

Our rough path leads to flower-enameled meadows

Where joy our coming waits.



Let us press on in patient self-denial,

Accept the hardship, shrinking not from loss --

Our guerdon lies beyond the hour of trial;

Our crown, beyond the cross.