The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6153

6153. Slowly, Slowly Darkening

1. Slowly, slowly darkening
The evening hours roll on;
And soon behind the cloud-land
Will sink my setting sun.

2. Around my path life’s mysteries
Their deepening shadows throw;
And as I gaze and ponder,
They dark and darker grow.

3. But there’s a voice above me
Which says, Wait, trust and pray;
The night will soon be over,
And light will come with day.

4. Father! the light and darkness
Are both alike to Thee;
Then to Thy waiting servant,
Alike they both shall be.

5. The great unending future,
I cannot pierce its shroud;
Yet nothing doubt, nor tremble,
God’s bow is on the cloud.

6. To Him I yield my spirit,
On Him I lay my load;
Fear ends with death; beyond it
I nothing see but God.

7. Thus moving towards the darkness
I calmly wait His call,
Now seeing, fearing—nothing;
But hoping, trusting—all!

Text Information

• First Line: Slowly, slowly darkening
• Title: Slowly, Slowly Darkening
• Author: Samuel Greg (1868)
• Meter: 76.76
• Language: English
• Source: Written in the midst of affliction, Sept. 1868, and pub. in his Layman's Legacy 1877...entitled "The Mystery of Life" (Julian, p. 466).
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: GLEASON, Peter C. Lutkin, 1905

Tune Information

• Name: IMPLICIT TRUST
• Composer: Alfred George Wathall (1905)
• Meter: 76.76
• Incipit: 33333 33555 66533
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain