Laudes Domini ‎#455

455. Love seen in trials

1 'Tis my happiness below
Not to live without the cross,
But the Saviour's power to know,
Sanctifying every loss.

2 Trials must and will befall;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all,--
This is happiness to me.

3 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.

4 Did I meet no trials here,
No chastisement by the way,
Might I not with reason fear
I should prove a castaway?

5 Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to his feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.

Text Information

• First Line: 'Tis my happiness below
• Title: Love seen in trials
• Author: William Cowper
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Job 23:10
  ;
  Job 37:21
  ;
  Psalm 119:71
  ;
  Acts 14:22
  ;
  Hebrews 12:11
  ;
  2 Corinthians 4:17
  ;
  2 Corinthians 12:10
• Topic: Afflictions; Christians: Afflictions; Comfort; Communion of Saints: At Lord's Table; Cross of Christ: Bearing

Tune Information

• Name: LAST HOPE
• Arranger: fr. Gottschalk
• Meter: 7s
• Key: B♭ Major