The Rainbow Round the Throne

When the clouds hang dark and hea­vy

And the roll­ing surge we hear

When no earth­ly pow­er can shield us

From the storm that most we fear

O ’tis then our Fa­ther’s pre­sence

To the trust­ing heart is shown

In a bright and glo­ri­ous vi­sion

Of the rain­bow round the throne.

O the rain­bow round the throne!

Lovely rain­bow round the throne!

Ever bril­liant

ever spark­ling

Shines the rain­bow round the throne.

When we stand amid the con­flict

Of the bat­tle rag­ing high

When the tempt­er seems to tri­umph

And our ranks des­pond­ing fly

With the fleet­ness of an ar­row

God’s pro­tect­ing care is shown

In the bright­ness that des­cend­eth

From the rain­bow round the throne.

When the veil of time is lift­ed

And the sha­dows melt away

When we fall asleep in Je­sus

And awake in end­less day

When the bat­tle march is end­ed

And our cares and tears have flown

We shall gaze

and gaze for­ev­er

On the rain­bow round the throne.