Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in the prayer-meeting 458. 'Tis my happiness below

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457

Laudes Domini‎#458

459

Text:	Love seen in trials
Author:	William Cowper

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:	1890
Topic:	Discipline and Sorrow; Afflictions; Christians: Afflictions (4 more...)
Notes:	Public Domain.