1. Sorrow and care may meet, The tempest cloud may low'r, The surge of sin may beat Upon earth's troubled shore;
Refrain: God doth his own in safety keep; He giveth his beloved sleep, He giveth his beloved sleep.
2. The din of war may roll With all its raging flight; Grief may oppress the soul Thro'out the weary night; [Refrain]
3. In childhood's winsome page, In manhood's joyous bloom, In feebleness and age, In death's dark, gath'ring gloom; [Refrain] Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #874