[Verse 1]
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Sometimes a light sur - pri - ses
Am Em/G C/E Dm3 CM7sus/F C/E
The Christian while he sings;
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It is the Lord, who ri - ses
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With heal - ing in his wings:
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When comforts are de - cli - ning,
Am Em D7sus D7 G
He grants the soul again
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A season of clear shining,
Edim G7/F Dm7/C CM7sus/G G7 C
To cheer it a - fter rain.
[Verse 2]
C Dm7/C C F/C CM7sus4 F/C C
In ho - ly con - tem - pla - tion
Am Em/G C/E Dm3 CM7sus/F C/E
We sweet - ly then pur - sue
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The theme of God's sal - va - tion,
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And find it ever new;
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Set free from pre - sent sor - row,
Am Em D7sus D7 G
We cheerfully can say,
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Let the unknown tomorrow
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Bring with it what it may.
[Verse 3]
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It can bring with it noth - ing
Am Em/G C/E Dm3 CM7sus/F C/E
But he will bear us through;
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Who gives the lilies cloth - ing
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Will clothe his people too:
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Be - neath the spread - ing hea - vens
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No creature but is fed;
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And he who feeds the ravens
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Will give his chil - dren bread.
[Verse 4]
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Though vine nor fig tree neither
Am Em/G C/E Dm3 CM7sus/F C/E
Their won - ted fruit shall bear,
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Though all the field should with - er,
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Nor flocks nor herds be there;
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Yet God the same a - bid - ing,
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His praise shall tune my voice,
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For, while in him confiding,
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I can - not but rejoice.
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AMEN