The Lord is true

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When the sky is clear and I know no fear

Author: Charles W. Naylor
Tune: [When the sky is clear and I know no fear]
Published in 1 hymnal

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Representative Text

1 When the sky is clear and I know no fear,
And my heart is glad and free,
Thru the joyous day I can boldly say
That the Lord is true to me.

Refrain:
Oh, the Lord is true, he is faithful and true
As no other friend could be;
And whate’er o’ertake he will not forsake,
For the Lord is true to me.

2 When the clouds arise and the low’ring skies
Hide the broad expanse of the blue,
I will trust him still to protect from ill,
For I know that he is true. [Refrain]

3 Tho’ the furnace heat should upon me beat,
When at peace I fain would be,
It is not in ire that he sends the fire,
‘Tis because he’s true to me. [Refrain]

4 Tho’ he hide his face when I need his grace,
And his smiles I long to see,
I shall know at last when the storms are past,
He was ever true to me. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Grace and Glory: A New and Inspiring Selection of Sacred Songs for Evangelical Use and General Worship #59

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Author: Charles W. Naylor

Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.… Go to person page >

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