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Text: | Sometimes a light surprises |
Author: | William Cowper, 1731 - 1800 |
Tune: | CRUGER |
Composer: | William H. Monk, 1823 - 89 |
Composer: | Johann Cruger, 1598 - 1662 |
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 It can bring with it nothing
But he will bear us through;
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 Though vine nor fig tree neither
Their wonted fruit should bear,
Though 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Sometimes a light surprises |
Author: | William Cowper, 1731 - 1800 |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Pentecost - The Holy Ghost; The Life in Christ: Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ: Contemplation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRUGER |
Composer: | William H. Monk, 1823 - 89 |
Composer: | Johann Cruger, 1598 - 1662 |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. D. |
Key: | F Major |