The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8918

8918. If We Could Know

1 If we could know in times of grief,
How near God’s angels come,
Our hearts would greet, with sweet relief,
These messengers from home,
These messengers from home.

2 O’er all our ways His charge they keep,
Nor minister in vain;
And if we wake, or if we sleep,
Swift flies the heav’nly train,
Swift flies the heav’nly train.

3 With silent tread they camp around
To guard his children dear,
Nor e’en a stone upon the ground
To harm them shall appear,
To harm them shall appear.

Text Information

• First Line: If we could know in times of grief
• Title: If We Could Know
• Author: Mary L. Bingham
• Meter: 86.866
• Language: English
• Source: Truth in Song (Chicago: Clara H. Scott, 1896)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: EXTREMADURA
• Composer: Clara H. Fiske Scott (1896)
• Meter: 86.866
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain