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The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

When gathering clouds around I view,

  • No. 707
  • Words Robert Grant.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

When gathering clouds around I view,And days are dark and friends are few,On Him I lean who not in vainExperienced every human pain:He sees my wants, allays my fears,And counts and treasures up my tears.

2

If aught should tempt my soul to strayFrom heavenly wisdom's narrow way,To fly the good I would pursue,Or do the sin I would not do,Still, He who felt temptation's powerShall guard me in that dangerous hour.

3

If wounded love my bosom swell,Deceived by those I prized too well,He shall his pitying aid bestowWho felt on earth severer woe,—At once betrayed, denied, or fled,By those who shared his daily bread.

4

When sorrowing o'er some stone I bendWhich covers what was once a friend,And from his voice, his hand, his smile,Divides me for a little while,—Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed;For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «707», reference line «234, 683, 320.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 234, 683 or 320 — all L. M. 6l.); stanzas 1–2 at the foot of the left column of p. 230 (below hymn 706), stanzas 3–4 at the top of the right column; «Robert Grant.» in italics at the end. The first word, «WHEN», is set in capitals and small capitals. All six lines of every stanza are set flush left (no indentation). The print sets a thin space before «:» and «;» («pain :», «shed ;»); it is closed up here. «Still,He» (stanza 2, line 5) is set without a space after the comma; the space is restored. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («wisdom's», «temptation's», «o'er», «mark'st»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is L. M. 6 lines, 8.8.8.8.8.8).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement · No. 707 · printed page 230
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02