Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: How blest are they whose transient years
Topic: Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> Norton
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Malvern
Hymn Number: 211
Page Number: 082, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW blest are they whose transient years
Pass like an evening meteor's flight;
Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears;
Whose course is short, unclouded, bright!
O cheerless were our lengthen'd way;
But heaven's own light dispels the gloom,
Streams downward from eternal day,
And casts a glory round the tomb.
O stay thy tears; the blest above
Have hail'd a spirit's heav'nly birth,
And sung a song of joy and love;
Then why should anguish reign on earth?