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COMFORT IN SORROW




Deem not that they are blest alone
Whose days a peaceful tenor keep;
Th’anointed Son
of God makes known
A blessing for the eyes that weep.


The light of smiles shall fill again
The lids that overflow with tears;
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are promises of happier years.


There is a day of sunny rest
For every dark and troubled night;
And grief shall bide
an evening guest,
But joy shall come with early light.


And ye, who o’er a friend’s low bier
Now shed the bitter drops like rain,
Know that a brighter, happier sphere
Will give him to your arms again.


Nor let the good man’s trust depart,
Though life its common gifts deny,
Though with a pierced
and broken heart,
And spurned of men, he goes to die.


For God has marked
each sorrowing day,
And numbered every secret tear;
And heaven’s long age
of bliss shall pay
For all His children suffer here.


---Alternative verses---


Yes, a bright day of peaceful rest
Succeeds this dark and troubled night;
Though grief may bide an evening guest,
Yet joy shall come with early light.


Let not the Christian's trust depart,
Though life its common gifts deny;
Though with a sinking, fainting heart,
He sometimes almost longs to die;


The light of smiles shall fill again
The lids that now o’erflow with tears;
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are earnests of serener years.


O, there are days of hope and rest
For every dark and troubled night;
And grief shall bide, an evening guest,
But joy shall come with early light.

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LYRICS
Meter: 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Writer(s):
    Trans/Adapted:
      Dates: 1837
      Bible Refs: Rev 7:17;
      LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
      Hymn/Song Book Year Song #
      1854# 326
      1899# 531
      MUSIC
      Name: BERA
      Meter: 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
      Writer(s):
        Dates: 1849
        SCORE PREVIEW
        score
        LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
        Hymn/Song Book Song # Key
        # 531Eb
        ALTERNATIVE TUNES
        Name meter
        8 8 8 8 (L.M.)

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