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Though all hath changed around me,
Thou art the same for ever;
And though my way is lonely,
 I know that it is right."

Light broke above the mountain,
I saw my faithful Shepherd:
He walked the path before me,
 My gloomy fears were fled.
His smile of sweet assurance
Left my heart again rejoicing;
He drew me to His bosom,
 And tenderly He said,

"When did I e'er forsake thee,
Or fail thee in thy sorrow?
O child, so long time with Me,
 And yet thou know'st Me not!
When have I e'er misled thee?
Or, deaf to thy petition,
Have left thee still to wander,
 Unpitied or forgot?

"Didst thou not ask the good land,
The land of brooks of water?
The pleasant land of promise
 Thy dull eyes cannot see.