When the Clouds Were Dark

When the clouds were dark ab­ove me

And I heard the bil­lows roll

How the lov­ing voice of Je­sus

Whispered com­fort to my soul!

Onward

then

I’ll move in tri­umph

Till I reach the oth­er shore

There to ga­ther with the faith­ful

When the storms of life are o’er.

When the fierc­est storms were rag­ing

And I found no earth­ly rest

Then my wea­ry head He pil­lowed

On His kind and faith­ful breast.

Let me hear Thy voice

my Sav­ior

While I tread the vale of life;

Let me hear its tones

so gen­tle

’Mid the con­flict and the strife.

Let my spir­it glad­ly fol­low

Where Thou lead­est day by day;

When Thou call­est

bless­èd Sav­ior

Let me nev­er an­swer

Nay.