When the clouds hang dark and hea­vy,
And the roll­ing surge we hear,
When no earth­ly pow­er can shield us
From the storm that most we fear,
O ’tis then our Fa­ther’s pre­sence
To the trust­ing heart is shown,
In a bright and glo­ri­ous vi­sion
Of the rain­bow round the throne.

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O the rain­bow round the throne!
Lovely rain­bow round the throne!
Ever bril­liant, ever spark­ling
Shines the rain­bow round the throne.

When we stand amid the con­flict
Of the bat­tle rag­ing high,
When the tempt­er seems to tri­umph,
And our ranks des­pond­ing fly,
With the fleet­ness of an ar­row
God’s pro­tect­ing care is shown,
In the bright­ness that des­cend­eth
From the rain­bow round the throne.

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When the veil of time is lift­ed,
And the sha­dows melt away,
When we fall asleep in Je­sus,
And awake in end­less day,
When the bat­tle march is end­ed,
And our cares and tears have flown,
We shall gaze, and gaze for­ev­er,
On the rain­bow round the throne.

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