Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#542

542. When gathering clouds around I view

1 When gathering clouds around I view,
And days are dark, and friends are few,
On Him I lean, who not in vain
Experienced every human pain;
He knows my wants, allays my fears,
And counts and treasures all my tears.

2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray
From heavenly wisdom's narrow way,
To fly the good I would pursue,
Or do the thing I would not do;
Still He, who felt temptation's power,
Shall guard me in that dangerous hour.

3 If wounded love my bosom swell,
Deceived by those I prized too well,
He shall His pitying aid bestow,
Who felt on earth severer woe
At once betrayed, denied, or fled,
By those who shared His daily bread.

4 And oh! when I have safely passed
Through every conflict but the last,
Still, still unchanging, watch beside
My dying bed for Thou hast died;
Then point to realms of cloudless day,
And wipe the latest tear away.

Text Information

• First Line: When gathering clouds around I view
• Author: Sir R. Grant, 1735-1838
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Suffering: Christ's Sympathy; Afflictions: Christ with us in; Christ: Bearing our Sorrows; Christ: Refuge; The Christian Life: Comfort and Sympathy; Grief; Saints: Triumphant; Temptation of Christ; Sympathy: Of Christ; Temptation

Tune Information

• Name: ATTOLLE PAULUM
• Harmonizer: Mendelssohn, 1809-1847
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
• Key: E Major
• Source: Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539