Take your eyes from off that valley;
Take a look unto the sky.
There's something greater, better,
In the view beyond the eye.
Take your thoughts from off those sorrows;
Place them in a realm of joy.
Clear those tears and start a-digging
For the gold without alloy.

There's no peace in past performance,
But there's rest just up ahead
For the man who'll fix his vision
And be willing to be led.
To the few that follow faithfully
There is peace and rest galore,
For tho' winds may blow in anger,
They see the lights along the shore.

So lift your heart; forget the darkness;
Soon the clouds will all be gone.
When your thoughts say, "But it's midnight,"
Answer back, "It's almost dawn."
I feel the sun will soon be rising;
It will banish all the night.
So stay on the road that leadas you upward;
You can't go wrong by doing right.

Remember He who made the sunshine
Knows therer must be shadows too.
And while we see in Him the daytime,
He is in our nighttime too.
Yea, He is with us, always with us,
If we'll but lift our eyes to see.
He's our Guide in every journey,
If we'll only let Him be.