Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Thy will be done I will not fear
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: Jane Roscoe
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 993
Page Number: 589, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThy will be done! I will not fear
The fate provided by thy love;
Though clouds and darkness shroud me here,
I know that all is bright above.
The stars of heaven are shining on,
Though these frail eyes are dimmed with tears;
The hopes of earth indeed are gone,
But are not ours the immortal years?
Father! forgive the heart that clings,
Thus trembling, to the things of time;
And bid my soul, on angel wings,
Ascend into a purer clime.
There shall no doubts disturb its trust,
No sorrows dim celestial love;
But these afflictions of the dust,
Like shadows of the night, remove.
E'en now, above, there's radiant day.
While clouds and darkness brood below;
Then, Father, joyful on my way
To drink the bitter cup I go.