Sometimes a light surprises

Verse 1

Sometimes a light surprises Believers while they sing; Is is the Lord who rises With healing in his wings; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again A season of clear shining To cheer it after rain.

Verse 2

In holy contemplation, We sweetly then pursue The theme of God's salvation, And find it ever new; Set free from present sorrow, We cheerfully can say, E'en let th'unknown to tomorrow Bring with it what it may.

Verse 3

It can bring with it nothing But he will bear us through; Who gives the lilies clothing Will clothe his people, too; Beneath the spreading heavens, No creature is not fed, And he who feeds the ravens Will give his children bread.

Verse 4

The vine, nor fig tree neither, Their wonted fruit should bear, Tho' all the fields should wither, Nor flocks, nor herds be there; Yet God the same abiding, His praise shall tune my voice, For while in him confiding, I cannot but rejoice.