Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Our pathway oft is wet with tears
Topic: Home/Youth and Age
Writer: <no first name given> Barton
Composer:
Meter: CMD
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1222
Page Number: 731, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOur pathway oft is wet with tears,
Our sky with clouds o'ercast,
And worldly cares and worldly fears
Go with us to the last;-
Not to the last! God's word hath said,
Could we but read aright:
O pilgrim! lift in hope thy head,
At eve it shall be light!
Though earth-born shadows now may shroud
Our toilsome path awhile,
God's blessed word can part each cloud,
And bid the sunshine smile.
If we but trust in living faith,
His love and power divine,
Then, though our sun may set in death,
His light shall round us shine.
When tempest-clouds are dark on high,
His bow of love and peace
Shines beauteous in the vaulted sky,
A pledge that storms shall cease.
Then keep we on, with hope unchilled,
By faith and not by sight,
And we shall own his word fulfilled-
At eve it shall be light.