Text: | Sometimes a Light Surprises |
Author: | William Cowper |
Tune: | SURPRISE |
Composer: | Jane M. Marshall |
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 |
Title: | Sometimes a Light Surprises |
Author: | William Cowper |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1977 |
Topic: | Christian Experience and Devotion: Hope and Courage |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SURPRISE |
Composer: | Jane M. Marshall |
Meter: | 76.76.D. (Iambic) |
Incipit: | 53215 36523 21536 |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | SOMETIMES A LIGHT by Jane Marshall.; Copyright © MCMLXXIV by Carl fischer, Inc., New York.; International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission of Carl Fischer, Inc., New York. |