← Weeping endures but for a night Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 692

Weeping endures but for a night

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.