Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: 'Tis my happiness below
Topic: Afflictions
Writer: William Cowper
Composer: L Gottschalk
Meter: 7s
Tune: Mercy
Hymn Number: 471
Page Number: 163, click to see hymnal pages
Lyics'TIS my happiness below
Not to live without the cross,
But the Saviour's pow'r to know,
Sanctifying every loss.
Trials must and will befall;
But, with humble faith, to see
Love inscrib'd upon them all,--
This is happiness to me.
God in Israel sows the seeds
Of affliction, pain, and toil;
These spring up and choke the weeds
Which would else o'erspread the soil.
Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to pray'r;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.