300.  Light After Darkness

1
Though earthborn shadows now may shroud
Thy thorny path awhile,
God’s blessed Word can part each cloud,
And bid the sunshine smile.

2
Only believe, in living faith,
His love and pow’r divine,
And in each trial, e’en in death,
His light shall round thee shine.

3
When tempest clouds are dark on high,
His bow of love and peace
Shines sweetly through thy troubled sky,
A pledge that storms shall cease.

4
Hold on thy way, with hope unchilled,
By faith and not by sight,
And thou shalt own his word fulfilled,
“The Lord shall be thy light.”