LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D extended
| Writer(s): | Jane Fox Crewdson
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1864
| Bible Refs: | Ex 15:27; Jn 16:20
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 104
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 886
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MUSIC
| Name: | CREWDSON
| | Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D 7 6
| | Writer(s): | Ira David Sankey
| | Dates: |
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Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 886
| E
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. I’ve found a joy in sorrow,
a secret balm for pain,
A beautiful tomorrow
of sunshine after rain;
I’ve found a branch of healing
near every bitter spring;
|:A whispered promise stealing
o’er every broken string.:|
2. I’ve found a glad hosanna
for every woe and wail;
A handful of sweet manna
when grapes of Eschol fail;
I’ve found a Rock of Ages
when desert wells are dry;
|:And, after weary stages,
I’ve found an Elim nigh.:|
3. An Elim with its coolness,
its fountains, and its shade;
A blessing in its fullness,
when buds of promise fade;
O’er tears of soft contrition
I’ve seen a rainbow light,
|:A glory and fruition,
so near! yet out of sight.:|
4. My Savior, Thee possessing,
I have the joy, the balm,
The healing and the blessing,
the sunshine and the psalm;
The promise for the fearful,
the Elim for the faint,
|:The rainbow for the tearful,
the glory for the saint!:|
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