Glads with Far out on the desolate billow and O child of God, wait patiently

Far out on the desolate billow,
The sailor sails the sea;
Alone with the night and the tempest,
Where countless dangers be.
Chorus
Yet never alone is the Christian,
Who lives by faith and prayer;
For God is a friend unfailing,
And God is ev’rywhere.

Far down in the earth’s dark bosom,
The miner mines the ore;
Death lurks in the dark behind him,
And hides in the rock before.
Chorus
Yet never alone is the Christian,
Who lives by faith and prayer;
For God is a friend unfailing,
And God is ev’rywhere.

Forth, into the dreadful battle,
The steadfast soldier goes;
No friend where he lies a dying,
His eyes to tenderly close.
Chorus
Yet never alone is the Christian,
Who lives by faith and prayer;
For God is a friend unfailing,
And God is ev’rywhere.

Lord, grant as we sail life’s ocean,
Or delve in its mines of woe;
Or fight in its terrible conflict,
This comfort all to know.
Chorus
That, never alone is the Christian,
Who lives by faith and prayer;
For God is a friend unfailing,
And God is ev’rywhere.

R. W. Raymond

O child of God, wait patiently
When dark thy path may be,
And let thy faith lean trustingly
On Him who cares for thee;
And though the clouds hang drearily
Upon the brow of night,
Yet in the morning joy will come,
And fill thy soul with light.

O child of God, He loveth thee,
And thou art all His own;
With gentle hand He leadeth thee,
Thou dost not walk alone;
And though thou watchest wearily
The long and stormy night,
Yet in the morning joy will come,
And fill thy soul with light.

O child of God, how peacefully
He calms thy fears to rest,
And draws thee upward tenderly,
Where dwell the pure and blest;
And He who bendeth silently
Above the gloom of night,
Will take thee home where endless joy
Shall fill thy soul with light.

F. J. Crosby