The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

There is no sorrow, Lord, too light

No. 702
Metre C. M.
Tune GRIGG.
Words Mrs. J. Creudson.
Music Joseph Grigg.
Key G major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

There is no sorrow, Lord, too lightTo bring in prayer to thee;There is no anxious care too slightTo wake thy sympathy.

Thou who hast trod the thorny roadWilt share each small distress;The love which bore the greater loadWill not refuse the less.

There is no secret sigh we breatheBut meets thine ear divine,And every cross grows light beneathThe shadow, Lord, of thine.

Life's ills without, sin's strife within,The heart would overflow,But for that love which died for sin,That love which wept with woe.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.»; hymn number «702» (large), tune name «GRIGG. C. M.» centred over the music, «JOSEPH GRIGG.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «There» («sor - row,», «anx - ious», «sym - pa - thy.» hyphenated under their notes). The italic reference line «395, 698, 669.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 395, 698 or 669) stands under the music; stanzas 2–4 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«4» (written «2.»–«4.» here), with «Mrs. J. Creudson.» in italics after stanza 4 — the surname is spelled so in the print (the hymn is usually credited to Jane Crewdson). In stanzas 2–4 the second and fourth lines of each stanza are indented in the print. The print's thin space before «;» is closed up («thee;», «distress;»); «Wilt share» is set almost without a word space (a word space here). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.