The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14734

14734. When We Cannot See Our Way

1 When we can not see our way,
Let us trust, and still obey:
He who bids us forward go,
Can not fail the way to show.

2 Tho’ the sea be deep and wide:
Tho’ a passage seems denied;
Fearless let us still proceed,
Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead.

3 Tho’ it seems the gloom of night,
Tho’ we see no ray of light.
Since the Lord Himself is there,
’Tis not meet that we should fear.

4 Night with Him is never night:
Where He is, there all is light;
When He calls us, why delay?
They are happy who obey.

5 Be it ours then while we’re here,
Him to follow without fear:
Where He calls us, there to go,
What He bids us, that to do.

Text Information

• First Line: When we can not see our way
• Title: When We Cannot See Our Way
• Author: Thomas Kelly
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Not Before Published (Dublin: Thomas Johnston, 1815)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: BRIGNALL
• Composer: R. T.
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith (new and enl. ed.) by Isabella Sarah Kitchin Hopkins (London: Marshall Brothers, 1902)
• Copyright: Public Domain