Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: When darkness long has vailed my mind
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> Cowper
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 854
Page Number: 503, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen darkness long has vailed my mind,
And smiling day once more appears;
Then, my Creator! then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.
Straight I upbraid my wandering heart,
And blush that I should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbor one hard thought of thee.
O, let me then at length be taught
What I am still so slow to learn,--
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a turn.
Sweet truth, and easy to repeat!
But, when my faith is sharply tried,
I find myself a learner yet,
Unskillful, weak, and apt to slide.
But, O my God! one look from thee
Subdues the disobedient will,
Drives doubt and discontent away
And thy rebellious child is still.