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Christ in Song 53

Come Out In The Sunshine

Words: Jessie E. StroutMusic: Jessie E. Strout

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1Come out in the sunshine! O path-way awaits There's joy in the sunshine, And heav'n-ly and beaut'ful Why stay in the gloom When you can rejoice? The dark-est is o-ver, Come, trust in his voice. When he calls you softly, to shine! Till you re-spond to His love. Come, trust in his love O let the sunshine, Then trust in his love di-vine, O trust and rejoice!

RefrainCome out in the sunshine! Beautiful, Beautiful! The sunshine is Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!

2Shad-ow, Why peo-ple in gloom? Come out in the sunshine, And let your soul bless-o'n, O dear friend the gloom shall not in this sunshine By His dear name; We wait, Why re-use will re-tus; Until God! yes tell oth-ers the way out of wo-ey promised; When some-soul are sung; So-joic-ing the heart shall un-wrap. Come, the heart bless-o Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful.

Copyright, 1900, by Jessie E. Strout

The verse

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Verse 1

Come out in the sunshine! O path-way awaits There's joy in the sunshine, And heav'n-ly and beaut'ful Why stay in the gloom When you can rejoice? The dark-est is o-ver, Come, trust in his voice. When he calls you softly, to shine! Till you re-spond to His love. Come, trust in his love O let the sunshine, Then trust in his love di-vine, O trust and rejoice!//˘˘//˘//˘///˘˘//˘/˘˘??//˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘/˘////˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/81A

Verse 2

Shad-ow, Why peo-ple in gloom? Come out in the sunshine, And let your soul bless-o'n, O dear friend the gloom shall not in this sunshine By His dear name; We wait, Why re-use will re-tus; Until God! yes tell oth-ers the way out of wo-ey promised; When some-soul are sung; So-joic-ing the heart shall un-wrap. Come, the heart bless-o Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful.////˘˘///˘˘//˘/˘/??˘//˘/˘˘˘˘//˘˘//˘//˘/˘??˘/////˘˘//˘?/˘/???˘/???˘/˘˘//˘/??/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘84A

Refrain

Come out in the sunshine! Beautiful, Beautiful! The sunshine is Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!//˘˘///˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘25A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.