The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

O, deem not they are blest alone

No. 691
Metre L. M.
Tune MELCOMBE.
Words William Cullen Bryant.
Music S. Webbe.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
5 stanzas

Words

O, deem not they are blest aloneWhose lives a peaceful tenor keep;For God, who pities man, hath shownA blessing for the eyes that weep.

The light of smiles shall fill againThe lids that overflow with tears,And weary hours of woe and painAre promises of happier years.

There is a day of sunny restFor every dark and troubled night,And grief may bide an evening guest,But joy shall come with early light.

Nor let the good man's trust depart,Though life its common gifts deny;Though with a sad and broken heart,He sees his hopes most cherished die.

For God has marked each sorrowing day,And numbered every secret tear,And heaven's long age of bliss shall payFor all his children suffer here.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.» (first page of the section); hymn number «691» (large, left), tune name «MELCOMBE. L. M.» centred over the music, «S. WEBBE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, two verse lines per system, with «1.» before «O,»; «a - lone», «peace - ful», «ten - or», «pit - ies», «bless - ing» are printed in syllables and joined here. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the italic reference line «223, 624, 932.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 223, 624 or 932), numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); the lines of these stanzas are not indented. «William Cullen Bryant.» in italics after stanza 5. The printer's thin space before «;» («keep ;», «deny ;») is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.