Christ My Song - 2329
Amid the shadows and the fears - The Anchor within the Veil
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The Anchor within the Veil.
1. Amid the shadows and the fears
that overcloud this home of tears,
amid my poverty and sin,
the tempest and the war within,
I cast my soul on thee,
mighty to save even me,
I cast my soul on thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God PDF - Midi!
2. Drifting across a sunless sea,
cold, heavy mist encurtaining me;
toiling along life's broken road,
with snares around and foes abroad,
I cast my soul on thee,
mighty to save even me,
I cast my soul on thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God!
3. Mine is a day of fear and strife,
a needy soul, a needy life,
a needy world, a needy age;
yet in my perilous pilgrimage
I cast my soul on thee,
mighty to save even me,
I cast my soul on thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God!
4. To thee I come! ah, only thou
canst wipe the sweat from off this brow;
thou, only thou canst make me whole,
and soothe the fever of my soul!
I cast my soul on thee,
mighty to save even me,
I cast my soul on thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God!
5. On thee I rest! thy love and grace
are my sole rock and resting-place;
in thee my thirst and hunger sore,
Lord, let me quench for evermore!
I cast my soul on thee,
mighty to save even me,
I cast my soul on thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God!
6. 'Tis earth, not heaven; 'tis night, not noon;
the sorrowless is coming soon;
but, till the morn of love appears,
which ends the travail and the tears,
I cast my soul on thee,
mighty to save even me,
I cast my soul on thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God!
Horatius Bonar, Hymns of Faith and Hope II, 1872, 101-102.
Repetitions of fifth lines in seventh lines added.