Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O sometimes the shadows are deep
Topic: Christ/Rock
Writer: E Johnson
Composer: William Fischer
Meter: 8s
Tune: The Rock That is Higher
Hymn Number: 731
Page Number: 280, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO SOMETIMES the shadows are deep,
And rough seems the path to the goal!
And sorrows, how often they sweep,
Like tempests, down over the soul!--CHO.
Chorus.--O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I!
O then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that is higher than I!
O sometimes how long seems the day,
And sometimes how heavy my feet!
But, toiling in life's dusty way,
The Rock's blessed shadow, how sweet!--CHO.
O near to the Rock let me keep,
Or blessings, or sorrows prevail;
Or climbing the mountain-way steep,
Or walking the shadowy vale!--CHO.