Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: My times of sorrow and of joy (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: My times of sorrow and of joy

Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: S Vail

Meter: PM

Tune: The Future Rest (Stop)

Hymn Number: 383

Page Number: 138, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

My times of sorrow and of joy,

Great God! are in thy hand;

My choicest comforts come from thee,

And go at thy command.



If thou shouldst take them all away,

yet would I not repine;

Before they were possessed by me,

They were entirely thine.