The sweetness of that midnight hour When all the world is still When You draw near and gladly I Surrender to Your will Though no-one knows, though all alone Yet not alone, for there You meet me in the midnight hour With tender loving care The richness of that desert place When all around is bare And yet the fullness of Your grace Is all sufficient there! The barren land with manna filled Now Christ who reigns on high Still meets me in the desert place And every need supplies The brightness of that deepest night When all is stripped away When darkness is my closest friend And helplessly I pray For there though still with pain I cry Against the velvet sky The brightest light begins to shine For Christ is ever mine