THE UNVEILING

When the sun goes down, we never know
If we shall see it rise;
For all the future, even our next breath,
Is hidden from our eyes.

Tomorrow is veiled, by the Grace of God;
We can’t tell, today, what it holds;
We can only be sure that His grace will suffice,
Whatever the future unfolds.

But though we can’t see the next hour or day,
Or know the next week or next year,
There is something ahead we can see very well;
Eternity can be perfectly clear!

Tomorrow may bring only sorrow and pain,
But every tear will be wiped away,
And our eyes will behold, without dimness nor veil,
His face, in that heavenly day!

We can’t know what tomorrow, or next week may hold,
But eternity is open to view,
We shall look upon Christ and see joy evermore,
With pleasures, eternally new!

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