Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Why should I in vain repining
Topic: Christians/Experience of
Writer: James Edmeston
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Dorrnance
Hymn Number: 491
Page Number: 172, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHY should I, in vain repining,
Mourn the clouds that cross my way,
Since my Saviour's presence, shining,
Turns my darkness into day?
Earthly honor, earthly treasure,
All the warmest passions win,
And the silken wings of pleasure
Only waft us on to sin.
But, within the vale of sorrow,
All with tempests overblown,
Purer light and joy we borrow
From the face of God alone.
Welcome, then, each darker token!
Mercy sent it from above!
So the heart, subdued, not broken,
Bends in fear, and melts with love.