Timeless Truths ‎#996

996. Crown After Cross

1 Light after darkness, gain after loss,
Strength after weakness, crown after cross;
Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after tears.

Refrain:
Now comes the weeping, then the glad reaping;
Now comes the labor hard, then the reward.

2 Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain,
Sight after mystery, peace after pain;
Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,
Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last. [Refrain]

3 Near after distant, gleam after gloom,
Love after loneliness, life after tomb;
After long agony rapture of bliss—
Right was the pathway leading to this. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Light after darkness, gain after loss
• Title: Crown After Cross
• Author: Frances R. Havergal (1879)
• Author (refrain): Unknown
• Refrain First Line: Now comes the weeping, then the glad reaping
• Meter: 9.9.9.9.10.10
• Scripture:
  Psalm 30:5
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Crown_After_Cross); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (322); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (602)

Tune Information

• Name: CROWN AFTER CROSS
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 9.9.9.9.10.10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Crown_After_Cross); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (322); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (602)