Scripture Verse

He will…remove the cloud of sorrow. Isaiah 25:7

Introduction

Words: Ma­ri­on Clyde, in The Pi­lot, by Al­fred E. Hel­ton et al. (Len­oir, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1914), num­ber 46.

Music: John L. Hawk­ins (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Clyde or Hawk­ins (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

As we dai­ly jour­ney on­ward,
Whatsoe’r our lot in life,
Clouds of sin and sor­row
Fill us with dis­may;
But if we will trust in Je­sus,
He will sanc­ti­fy our strife,
And re­ceive us when
The clouds have passed away.

Refrain

When the clouds have passed away,
We shall dwell with Christ for aye,
Sharing in eter­nal bright­ness
With re­deemed ones
Round the throne,
When for ev­er­more
The clouds have passed away.

Jesus knows that on­ly sun­shine
Cannot draw us close to Him,
For we are so strange­ly
Weak and prone to stray;
But we learn by faith to fol­low,
When with tears the way is dim,
And we’ll see Him when
The clouds have passed away.

Refrain

O the bright­ness of the morn­ing!
O the bliss be­yond com­pare!
When ac­cept­ed we
Shall stand in white ar­ray,
Knowing that with Christ, our Sav­ior,
We eter­nal joys shall share,
And for­ev­er all
The clouds have passed away.

Refrain