When We Cannot See Our Way

When we can not see our way

Let us trust

and still ob­ey:

He who bids us for­ward go

Can not fail the way to show.

Tho’ the sea be deep and wide:

Tho’ a pas­sage seems de­nied;

Fearless let us still pro­ceed

Since the Lord vouch­safes to lead.

Tho’ it seems the gloom of night

Tho’ we see no ray of light.

Since the Lord Him­self is there

’Tis not meet that we should fear.

Night with Him is nev­er night:

Where He is

there all is light;

When He calls us

why de­lay?

They are hap­py who ob­ey.

Be it ours then while we’re here

Him to fol­low with­out fear:

Where He calls us

there to go

What He bids us

that to do.