2 A shade by day, defense by night, A shelter in the time of storm; No foes alarm, no fears affright, A shelter in the time of storm.
3 The raging storms may round us beat, A shelter in the time of storm; We'll never leave our safe retreat, A shelter in the time of storm.
4 O Rock divine, O Refuge dear, A shelter in the time of storm; Be thou our helper, ever near, A shelter in the time of storm.
In God I have found a retreat, Where I can securely abide; No refuge nor rest so complete; And here I intend to reside.
Cho.--Oh, what comfort it brings, As my soul sweetly sings, I am safe from all danger While under his wings.
2 I dread not the terror by night, No arrow can harm me by day; His shadow has covered me quite, My fears he has driven away.
3 The pestilence walking about, When darkness has settled abroad, Can never compel me to doubt The presence and power of God.
4 The wasting destruction at noon No fearful foreboding can bring; With Jesus my soul doth commune, His perfect salvation I sing.
5 A thousand may fall at my side, And ten thousand at my right hand; Above me his wings are spread wide, Beneath them in safety I stand.
He knows the bitter, weary way, The endless striving day by day, The souls that weep, the souls that pray-- He knows it all.
Ref.--He knows it all, The bitter, weary way; O souls that weep, O souls that pray, He knows it all.
2 He knows how hard the fight has been, The clouds that come our lives between, The wounds the world has never seen-- He knows it all.
3 He knows, when, faint and worn, we sink, How deep the pain, how near the brink Of dark despair we pause and shrink-- He knows it all.
4 He knows! oh, thought so full of bliss! For though on earth our joys we miss. We still can bear it, feeling this-- He knows it all.
Cast thy burden on the Lord, And he will sustain thee, and strengthen thee, and comfort thee; He will sustain thee, and comfort thee; He will sustain thee, he will comfort thee; Cast thy burden on the Lord!
Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead thou me on, The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead thou me on; Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.
2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead thou me on; I loved the garish day, and spite of fears, Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years.