Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: We will not weep for God is standing by us
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: W Hurlbut
Composer:
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1031
Page Number: 611, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWe will not weep, for God is standing by us,
And tears will blind us to the blessed sight;
We will not doubt, if darkness still doth try us;
Our souls have promise of serenest light.
We will not faint, if heavy burdens bend us;
They press no harder than our souls can bear;
The thorniest way is lying still behind us;
We shall be braver for the past despair.
O not in doubt shall our journey's ending;
Sin with its fears shall leave us at the last;
All its best hopes in glad fulfilment blending,
Life shall be with us more when death is past.
Help us, O Father! when the world is pressing
On our frail hearts, that faint without their Friend;
Help us, O Father! let thy constant blessing
Strengthen our weakness, till the joyful end.