Sometimes A Light Surprises

	  		
verse 1 

 C   Dm7     F/C 
Sometimes a light surprises 
     Em        Dm       C/E 
The Christian while he sings; 
   Em9     C/E      D7sus 
It is the Lord, who rises 
      FM7    F       E 
With healing in his wings: 
 C   Dm7     F/C 
When comforts are declining, 
    Em         D      G 
He grants the soul again 
   C      G        Am 
A season of clear shining, 
    Dm      G7     C 
To cheer it after rain. 

verse 2 

C  Dm7  F/C 
In holy contemplation 
    Em      Dm     C/E 
We sweetly then pursue 
     Em9     C/E      D7sus 
The theme of God's salvation, 
     FM7     F    E 
And find it ever new; 
 C   Dm7       F/C 
Set free from present sorrow, 
    Em         D   G 
We cheerfully can say, 
     C      G     Am 
Let the unknown tomorrow 
       Dm      G7     C 
Bring with it what it may. 

verse 3 

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It can bring with it nothing 
    Em       Dm       C/E 
But he will bear us through; 
      Em9      C/E    D7sus 
Who gives the lilies clothing 
      FM7    F          E 
Will clothe his people too: 
 C  Dm7     F/C 
Beneath the spreading heavens 
    Em       D      G 
No creature but is fed; 
    C        G        Am 
And he who feeds the ravens 
      Dm       G7        C 
Will give his children bread. 

verse 4 

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Though vine nor fig tree neither 
       Em     Dm         C/E 
Their wonted fruit shall bear, 
       Em9       C/E        D7sus 
Though all the field should wither, 
      FM7        F       E 
Nor flocks nor herds be there; 
 C   Dm7     F/C 
Yet God the same abiding, 
      Em          D        G 
His praise shall tune my voice, 
       C       G     Am 
For, while in him confiding, 
    Dm   G7     C 
I cannot but rejoice. 

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AMEN