Still will we trust (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-12-16)  CPDL #52638:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-12-16).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

General Information

Title: Still will we trust
Tune: Diadema
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: William Henry Burleigh

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 11 10. 11 6

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 216, p. 135
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Original text and translations

English text

1. Still will we trust, though earth seem dark and dreary,
And the heart faint beneath His chastening rod;
Though rough and steep our pathway, worn and weary,
Still will we trust in God!

2. Our eyes see dimly till by faith anointed,
And our blind choosing brings us grief and pain;
Through Him alone who hath our way appointed,
We find our peace again.

3. Choose for us, God! Nor let our weak preferring
Cheat our poor souls of good Thou has designed;
Choose for us, God! Thy wisdom is unerring,
And we are fools and blind.

4. So from our sky the night shall furl her shadows,
And day pour gladness through his golden gates,
Our rough path lead to flower-enameled meadows,
Where joy our coming waits.

5. Let us press on, in patient self denial,
Accept the hardship, shrink not from the loss;
Our portion lies beyond the hour of trial,
Our crown beyond the cross.