The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

Weeping endures but for a night

No. 692
Words Annie R. Smith.
Singing key F major
6 stanzas

Sung to ROCKINGHAM (hymn 301)

Words

Weeping endures but for a night,Joy cometh with the morning light;Joy cometh of celestial birth,Unsullied by the blight of earth.

Joy comes each faithful heart to thrill,That fears of change no more will chill;Transporting joy, that fills the soulWhile everlasting ages roll.

Then, mourning pilgrim, upward gaze;Beyond this dark and thorny mazeA joy for every tear is found,A healing balm for every wound.

No sorrow there shall dim the eye,No wintry winds or storms are nigh,No sighs borne on the fragrant air;But all shall in the glory share.

Awake, for lo, not distant far,The rising of the Morning Star;O watch to catch the new-born rayThat ushers in a cloudless day.

Hail! glorious morn, whose radiant lightShall bid the darkness take its flight;Shall chase the shades of gloom away,And night be turned to endless day.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «692» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 226, below hymn 691's «William Cullen Bryant.», with the italic reference line «212, 301, 347.» beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 212, 301 or 347). Stanzas 1–3 stand at the foot of the left column, stanzas 4–6 at the top of the right column; «Annie R. Smith.» in italics after stanza 6. The first word is set «WEEPING» — W a full capital, «EEPING» in small capitals; written «Weeping». Stanza numbers are printed without periods (written «1.»–«6.» here). The lines are not indented. The print sets a thin space before «;» («light ;», «chill ;», «gaze ;», «air ;», «Star ;», «flight ;») and before «!» («Hail !»); it is closed up here. A small speck stands in the left margin beside stanza 1, line 4 (not part of the text). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Morning Star», «new-born»).