There’s a shadow on the world,
and it deepens;
The hearts of men begin
to fail for fear;
Beneath apparent confidence
and boasting
Perplexity is growing
year by year.
There’s a shadow on the world —
Christ rejected —
How can the creature man
see life aright
In the darkness which must
always be before him
When he has turned his back
upon the light?
There’s a shadow on the world:
It betokens
The long-suffering of God
is almost o’er;
And the blest atoning work of
Christ the Saviour
Shall be held out to sinful
man no more.
There’s a shadow on the world,
but it cannot
Bring a shadow on the peace
God gave to me
When I saw that my account
with Him was settled
By the death of Christ —
His Son - on Calvary.