Scripture Verse

Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings. Malachi 4:2

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: C. Aus­tin Miles, The Voice of Praise No. 2 (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1908), num­ber 32 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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C. Austin Miles (1868–1946)

Lyrics

The sun­shine I have found
Will fill each day with joy,
And ev­ery mo­ment sweet­ly bless;
The rays that gent­ly fall
Upon my dai­ly path
Are given by the Sun of Right­eous­ness.

Refrain

So if the sky is dark,
And if the day is drea­ry,
The sun is shin­ing some­where,
This I know, I know;
And so to keep my heart
From ever grow­ing wea­ry,
I’ll car­ry my sun­shine with me
Everywhere I go.

Look up and praise the Lord!
The flow­ers need the rain
That falls up­on them day by day;
Just as our thirs­ty souls
Would seek the cool­ing springs
If we were walk­ing in a des­ert way.

Refrain

But for the child of God,
There al­ways is a ray
That strug­gles thro’ the clouds above;
That shines across his path
And keeps his wa­ver­ing faith
To rest se­cure­ly in a Fa­ther’s love.

Refrain

It is the light that shines,
When Je­sus speaks to me
And tells me I am saved by grace;
The sun­shine I have found
Is free to all who seek,
The sun­shine of my bless­èd Sav­ior’s face.

Refrain