Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#537

537. Deem not that they are blest alone

1 Deem not that they are blest alone
Whose days a peaceful tenor keep;
The anointed Son of God makes known,
A blessing for the eyes that weep.

2 The light of smiles shall fill again
The lids that overflow with tears;
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are promises of happier years.

3 There is a day of sunny rest
For every dark and troubled night;
Though grief may bide an evening guest,
Yet joy shall come with early light.

4 Nor let the good man's trust depart,
Though life its common gifts deny,
Though with a pierced and broken heart,
And spurned of men, he goes to die.

5 For God has marked each sorrowing day,
And numbered every secret tear;
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay
For all His children suffer here.

Text Information

• First Line: Deem not that they are blest alone
• Author: William Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Comfort and Sympathy; Heaven: Hope of; Mourners; Hope: Of Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: DINGMAN
• Composer: Dr. Herbert Sanders, 1879-
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: C Major