Why are my Winters So Long?

The last stanza of a hymn based on Ps 73:25:
Dear Lord, if indeed I am Thine,
If Thou art my sun and my song;
Say, why do I languish and pine,
And why are my winters so long?
O drive these dark clouds from my sky,
Thy soul-cheering presence restore;
Or take me unto Thee on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.
—John Newton, "Hymn XLVI," in The Works of John Newton, vol. 2, 125.
John Newton
July 16, 2013
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