The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13923

13923. Trust

1 Father, I can not see the light,
The way is dreary;
Around me hang the clouds of night,
Shutting all beauty from my sight:
I can not see the path of right—
Father, I’m weary.

2 I have no one to show the way,
None to uphold me,
For all, with me have gone astray:
I walk alone from day to day,
With no strong, trusting arm to stay,
None to enfold me.

3 Father, help me in Thee to trust,
For Thou canst guide me,
I know Thy ways, that they are just,
Thou know’st I’m but a child of dust;
And when beset by earthly lust,
My Father, hide me.

4 Whene’er to Thee for aid I fly,
Oh, be Thou near me!
Look on me with a pitying eye,
A refuge be when danger’s nigh,
And when o’ercome, to Thee I cry,
My Father, hear me.

5 When ’round me hang the shades of night,
Thou’lt not forsake me;
When earth is fading from my sight,
Let burst a flood of golden light,
From out those gates of glory bright,
And thither take me.

Text Information

• First Line: Father, I can not see the light
• Title: Trust
• Author: J. Egerton Raymond
• Meter: 85.88.85
• Language: English
• Source: Fount of Blessing by Robert G. Staples (Chicago: Central Book Concern, Publishers, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: XINING
• Composer: Robert Griffin Staples (1880)
• Meter: 85.88.85
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain