The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#692

692. Weeping endures but for a night

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

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

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

4 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.

5 Awake, for lo, not distant far,
The rising of the Morning Star;
O watch to catch the new-born ray
That ushers in a cloudless day.

6 Hail! glorious morn, whose radiant light
Shall bid the darkness take its flight;
Shall chase the shades of gloom away,
And night be turned to endless day.

Text Information

• First Line: Weeping endures but for a night
• Author: Annie R. Smith
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Comfort and Encouragement
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: MELCOMBE
• Composer: S. Webbe
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #212, 301, or 347.