1 Change is our portion now!
The calm and sunny sea
Sleeps,when the wildest storm is near;
So doomed to change are we:
But faithful is God's changeless word­
'I will be with thee',saith the Lord.
2 Change is our portion now!
Youth's smooth unwrinkled brow
Age soon shall furrow,and the tear
Down the fair cheek shall flow;
But faithful is God's soothing word­
'I will be with thee',saith the Lord.
3 Change is our portion now!
Soon fades the summer sky,
The landscape droops in autumn sere,
And spring flowers bloom to die;
But faithful is God's living word-
'I will be with thee',saith the Lord.
4 Change is our portion now!
Yet, 'midst our changing lot,
'Midst withering flowers and tempests drear,
There is-that changeth not;
But faithful is God's steadfast word­
'l will be with thee', saith the Lord.