The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Forth from the dark and stormy sky

No. 754
Words Reginald Heber.
Singing key E♭ major
2 stanzas

Sung to NASHVILLE (hymn 234)

Words

Forth from the dark and stormy sky,Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly;Forth from the world, its hope and fear,Saviour, we seek thy shelter here:Weary and weak, thy grace we pray;Turn not, O Lord! thy guests away.

Long have we roamed in want and pain,Long have we sought thy rest in vain;Burdened with doubt, in darkness lost,Long have our souls been tempest-tossed.Low at thy feet our sins we lay;Turn not, O Lord! thy guests away.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «754» (large) in the right column of p. 245, under «Charles Wesley.» of hymn 753, with the reference line «234, 320.» in bold italics beside it (= sing to the tune of hymn 234 or 320, both L. M. 6l.); two numbered stanzas of six lines; «Reginald Heber.» in italics at the end, at the foot of the column. The first word is set «FORTH», the «F» as a full capital and «ORTH» in small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1», «2»); written «1.», «2.» here as in the other deliveries of this book. All six lines of each stanza are flush left in the print (no indentation). The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («fly ;», «here :», «pray ;», «Lord !», «vain ;», «lay ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («altar's»). Stanza 2 of this exemplar carries handwritten pen strokes over several words (they are not print and are not transcribed; the printed words under them are legible). No meter is printed (the text is L. M. 6l., 8.8.8.8.8.8, like the tunes of the reference line). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Saviour», «Burdened», «tempest-tossed»).