The rainbow of God's promise

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Though your path be lone and weary

Author: Charles E. Smith
Tune: [Though your path be lone and weary]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Tho’ your path be lone and weary,
As you walk the narrow way,
And you’re tempted to turn back, tho’ hard you try;
There is not a day so dreary,
But you’ll see a shining ray,
From the rainbow of God’s promise in the sky.

Refrain:
See the rainbow of God’s promise in the sky,
Ev’ry cloud will vanish bye and bye;
Far the storms you need not fear,
Ev’ry ill will disappear,
See the rainbow of God’s promise in the sky.

2 Keep your heart fix’d on His promise,
As you battle ‘gainst the wrong,
There’s a brighter day, ‘tis coming bye and bye;
You will find there is no other,
Who can fill your heart with song,
Trust in God, and see His rainbow in the sky. [Refrain]

3 See His rainbow when in sorrow,
See His rainbow when you’re sad,
Trust the Father with your troubles, He is night;
Never fear about the morrow,
He will fill your heart with song,
Just look up and see His rainbow in the sky. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #160

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Author: Charles E. Smith

Smith, Charles, an officer in the National Provincial Bank, born at Hackney, London, Jan. 29, 1844, is the author of “Lord! when through sin I wander" (Holy Labour), and "When in the morning I awake" (Joy and Sorrow alike from God), which were written for Horder's Book of Praise for Children, 1875. The former was revised for Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Though your path be lone and weary
Title:	The rainbow of God's promise
Author:	Charles E. Smith
Refrain First Line:	See the rainbow of God's promise in the sky
Copyright:	Public Domain