The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

'T is my happiness below

No. 713
Metre 7s.
Tune SCUDAMORE.
Words William Cowper.
Music R. R. Chope.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

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'T is my happiness belowNot to live without the cross,But the Saviour's power to know,Sanctifying every loss.

Trials must and will befall;But with humble faith to seeLove inscribed upon them all,—This is happiness to me.

Did I meet no trials here,No chastisement by the way,Might I not with reason fearI should prove a castaway?

Trials make the promise sweet;Trials give new life to prayer;Trials bring me to his feet,Lay me low, and keep me there.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.»; hymn number «713» (large, left), tune name «SCUDAMORE. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «R. R. CHOPE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «'T is»: «'T is my hap - pi - ness be - low Not to live with - out the cross,» / «But the Saviour's power to know, Sanc - ti - fy - ing ev - ery loss.»; «'T is» is printed with a space after the apostrophe-T, and is kept so. Under the music, in the left column, the italic reference line «821, 272, 720.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 821, 272 or 720). Stanzas 2–4 follow as four-line text: stanza 2 and the first two lines of stanza 3 in the left column, the last two lines of stanza 3 and stanza 4 in the right column, then «William Cowper.» in bold italics. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 Trials»); they are numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The printer's thin space before «;» and «?» («befall ;», «castaway ?», «sweet ;», «prayer ;») is closed up here; the apostrophes are written straight («'T is», «Saviour's»). Spelling («Saviour», «chastisement»), punctuation (the dash in «all,—») and capitals are the print's.