The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#742

742. Sometimes a light surprises

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 to-morrow
Bring with it what it may.

3 Children of God lack nothing,
His promise bears them 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

• First Line: Sometimes a light surprises
• Author: Cowper
• Author: Cennick
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Trust and Resignation
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ELLACOMBE
• Meter: 7s & 6s, D
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: St. Gall's Collection
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #833 or 357.