The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#705

705. O thou who driest the mourner's tear!

1 O thou who driest the mourner's tear!
How dark this world would be
If, when deceived and wounded here,
We could not fly to thee!

2 O, who would bear life's stormy doom,
Did not thy wing of love
Come, brightly wafting through the gloom
Our peace-branch from above?

3 Each sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright
With more than rapture's ray,
As darkness shows us worlds of light
We never saw by day.

Text Information

• First Line: O thou who driest the mourner's tear!
• Author: Thomas Moore
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Comfort and Encouragement
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: GRIGG
• Composer: Joseph Grigg
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #546, 147, or 204.