Forth from the dark and stormy sky

Forth from the dark and stormy sky. Reginald Heber* (1783-1826).  From the posthumous collection of Heber’s hymns published by his widow Amelia, Hymns written and adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (1827), where it was set for the Second Sunday after Trinity. It had two stanzas:  Forth from the dark and stormy sky, Lord, to Thine altar’s shade we fly; Forth from the world, its hope and fear, Saviour, we seek Thy shelter here: Weary and weak Thy grace we pray:Turn not, O Lord! Thy guests away!  Long have we roam’d in want and pain, Long have we sought Thy rest in vain; Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tost:Low at Thy feet our sins we...

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