- Alto Recorder (Soprano & Alto).
- Tenor Recorder
- Bass Recorder
- Verse 1
- Sometimes a light surprises
- The Christian whil he sings;
- It 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,
Even let the unknown 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 but fed;
And He who feeds the ravens
Will give his children bread.
- Verse 4
- Though vine nor fig-tree neither
- Their wonted fruit should bear.
- Though all the field should wither,
- Nor flocks nor herds be there;
- Yet God the same abiding,
- His praise shall tune my voice;
- For in Him while confiding,
- I cannot but rejoice.
- April 9 entry for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Bentley composed 1867 by John Pyke Hullah (1812-1884).
- Lyrics written by William Cowper (1731-1800)
- Hymn #287 in The Hymnary Of The United Church of Canada