All Believer Hymn Book

Hymn 187 SOMETIMES A LIGHT Lyrics

1. Sometimes a light surprises
The Christian while He sings;
It is the Lord who rises
With healing in His wings.
When comforts are declining.
He grants the soul again
A season of clear shining.
To cheer it after rain.

2. In holy contemplation
We sweetly then pursue
The theme of God’s salvation
And find it ever new
Set free from present sorrow,
We cheerfully can say,
Let the unknown tomorrow
Bring with it what it may.

3. I can bring with it nothing
But He will bear us thro’;
Who gives the lilies clothing
Will clothe His people too;
Beneath the spreading heavens,
No creature but is fed;
And He who feeds the ravens
Will give His children bread.

4. Tho vine nor fig tree neither
Their wonted fruit should bear,
Tho all the fields should wither,
Nor flocks nor herds be there;
Yet God the same abiding.
His praise shall tune my voice,
For while in Him confiding.
I cannot but rejoice