Behind the Cloud

Top Media Text Author Text Info Tune Timeline Page Scans Instances

If a cloud should come between us

Author: Eva Best
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 If a cloud should come between us
And the splendor of the sun,
If the rays of golden sunlight
Should be hidden one by one,
If across the stream and meadow
Suddenly a darkness came,
Should we question for a moment
That the sun shone just the same?

Refrain:
And tho’ life itself seems clouded,
With the darkness of despair,
Just remember that the shadow
Proves the light is always there.

2 If we hold to wrong opinions
Till they form a mighty wall,
If we harbor thoughts of error,
And forget that God is all,
If we live in mortal darkness,
Are we not ourselves to blame,
Since God’s truth beyond the shadow
Shines in splendor just the same? [Refrain]

3 Although pain and sin and sorrow
Seem to darken earthly days,
We may learn a simple lesson
From the sun’s obstructed rays,
And tho’ life itself seems clouded
With the darkness of despair,
Just remember that the shadow
Proves the light is always there. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 5 #106

All representative texts • Compare texts ^ top

Author: Eva Best

Eva Best, author, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 19th December 1851. She is the daughter of the late John Insco Williams and Mrs. Mary Williams, now of Chicago, Ill. Her father was an artist and painted the first bible panorama ever exhibited in the United States. Her mother is an artist of merit and a writer of excellent verse and prose. The daughter inherits the talents of both parents. In 1869 she was married to William H. Best of Dayton, Ohio, and her home is now in that city. Mrs. Best began her literary career as a poet. Her first short story appeared in one of the Frank Leslie periodicals. That was followed by stories in other publications. In 1882 her services were sought by the editor of the Detroit "Free Press," and now Mrs. Best is ed… Go to person page >

^ top

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	If a cloud should come between us
Title:	Behind the Cloud
Author:	Eva Best
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	And though life itself seems clouded
Copyright:	Public Domain