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Text:When we cannot see our way
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:WEBER
Arranger:Henry Wellington Greatorex
Composer:Carl Maria von Weber

417b. When we cannot see our way

1 When we cannot see our way,
Let us trust, and still obey;
He who bids us forward go,
Cannot fail the way to show.

2 Though the sea be deep and wide,
Though a passage be denied;
Fearless let us still proceed,
Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead.

3 Though it seems the gloom of night,
Though we see no ray of light:
Since the Lord Himself is there,
‘Tis not meet that we should fear.

4 Night with Him is never night,
Where He is, there all is light;
When He calls us, why delay?
They are happy who obey.

5 Be it ours then while we’re here,
Him to follow without fear!
Where He calls us, there to go,
What He bids us, that to do.

Text Information
First Line: When we cannot see our way
Author: Thomas Kelly (1815)
Meter: 7s. No. 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation
Tune Information
Name: WEBER
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber (1826)
Arranger: Henry Wellington Greatorex (1849)
Meter: 7s. No. 4
Key: F Major



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