God in the Experience of Men

IN HIM CONFIDING

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Category: Man's Trust in God

Published on Tuesday, 15 February 2011 08:12

Sometimes a light surprises

The Christian while he sings;

It is the Lord who rises

With healing on His wings.

When comforts are declining

He grants the soul again

A season of clear shining,

To cheer it after rain.

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,

Let the unknown to-morrow

Bring with it what it may.

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 but is fed;

And He who feeds the ravens

Will give His children bread.

Though vine nor tree neither

Their wonted fruit should bear,

Though all the fields should wither,

Nor flocks no herds be there;

Yet God the same abiding,

His praise shall tune my voice;

For while in Him confiding,

I cannot but rejoice.

William Cowper, 1731-1800