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When We Cannot See Our Way - Stephen Bulla

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"When We Cannot See Our Way" arr. by Stephen Bulla. Sung by Oasis Chorale at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita, Kansas on July 15, 2018. For more information and recordings, visit: https://www.oasischorale.com/ WHEN WE CANNOT SEE OUR WAY Text: Thomas Kelly Music: Stephen Bulla When we cannot see our way, Let us trust and still obey; He who bids us forward go, Cannot fail the way to show. Though it be the gloom of night, Though we see no ray of light, Since the Lord Himself is there, ‘Tis not meet that we should fear. Be it ours, then, while we’re here, Him to follow without fear, Where He calls us, there to go, What He bids us, that to do.
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

When We Cannot See Our Way

Words by Thomas KellyMusic by Stephen Bulla

When we cannot see our way,
Let us trust and still obey;
He who bids us forward go,
Cannot fail the way to show.

Though the sea be deep and wide,
Though a passage seem denied,
Fearless let us still proceed,
Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead.

Though it be the gloom of night,
Though we see no ray of light,
Since the Lord Himself is there,
'Tis not meet that we should fear.

Night with Him is never night;
Where He is, there all is light;
When He calls us, why delay?
They are happy who obey.

Be it ours, then, while we're here,
Him to follow without fear,
Where He calls us, there to go,
What He bids us, that to do.

Story Behind the Song

The text is by Thomas Kelly, the Irish evangelical hymn writer best known for early nineteenth-century hymns on biblical passages. It draws on Israel's being commanded to go forward at the Red Sea and on the Lord's guidance by cloud and fire, turning that narrative into a hymn of trust and obedience when the way is hidden. Stephen Bulla later supplied the music for a modern choral setting of the text.

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Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture