S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 7 2                 28 July '96

                Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?

                        a poem/hymn of Paul Gerhardt 1653
                        transl. chiefly by John Kelly, 1867

Why should cross and trial grieve me?   Christ is near  with His cheer
Never will He leave me.    Who can rob me of the heaven
That God's Son  for my own  to my faith hath given?

God oft gives me days of gladness;   shall I grieve  if He give
Seasons, too, of sadness?   God is good, and tempers ever
All my ill,   and He will  wholly leave me never.

Lord, my Shepherd, take me to thee.   Thou art mine;  I was thine,
Even ere I knew thee.  I am thine, for thou hast bought me;
Lost I stood,  but thy blood  free salvation brought me.

Thou art mine; I love and own thee.   Light of joy,  ne'er shall I
From my heart dethrone thee.   Saviour, let me soon behold thee
Face to face;  may thy grace  evermore enfold me!


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