Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Through cross to crown and though thy spirit's life
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> Rosegarten
Composer:
Meter: 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 932
Page Number: 555, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThrough cross to crown! and though thy spirit's life
Trials untold assail with giant strength,
Good cheer! good cheer! Soon ends the bitter strife,
And thou shalt reign in peace with Christ at length.
Through wo to joy! and though at morn thou weep,
And though the midnight finds thee weeping still,
Good cheer! good cheer! The Shepherd loves his sheep;
Resign thee to the watchful Father's will.
Through death to life! and through this vale of tears,
And through this thistle-field of life, ascend
To the great supper in that world whose years
Of bliss unfading, cloudless, know no end.