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When the heart is sore smitten by sorrow, And the bosom is darksome and drear, And when bright hope no longer may borrow A smile from the future to cheer; And the eye that would gaze on the morrow, Is constrain’d to gaze on through a tear— Even then there’s a hope that can brighten The soul in its darksome abode, That can dry up its sorrow, and lighten, The weight of its wearisome load: ’Tis the hope which no joy can heighten, That leads it to trust in its God. Though the world to our griefs may be ever Disdainful, unkind, and unjust; And mankind may be eager to sever The links of our holier trust; And the mighty may daily endeavour To tread our torn hearts in the dust, Still thy presence, Lord, cannot be taken From those that all faithful will be: Then why should our spirits be shaken? And why should we languish to flee? When we know we are never forsaken, In the midst of our troubles, by Thee.
When the heart is sore smitten by sorrow, And the bosom is darksome and drear, And when bright hope no longer may borrow A smile from the future to cheer; And the eye that would gaze on the morrow, Is constrain’d to gaze on through a tear— Even then there’s a hope that can brighten The soul in its darksome abode, That can dry up its sorrow, and lighten, The weight of its wearisome load: ’Tis the hope which no joy can heighten, That leads it to trust in its God. Though the world to our griefs may be ever Disdainful, unkind, and unjust; And mankind may be eager to sever The links of our holier trust; And the mighty may daily endeavour To tread our torn hearts in the dust, Still thy presence, Lord, cannot be taken From those that all faithful will be: Then why should our spirits be shaken? And why should we languish to flee? When we know we are never forsaken, In the midst of our troubles, by Thee.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- W. Martin (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 622 · printed citation: W. Martin · subject: TROUBLE
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