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Joy in Sorrow

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 28, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 22.

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Joy in Sorrow

By Jane Crewdson

I've found a joy in sorrow, A secret balm for pain, A beautiful to-morrow Of sunshine after rain; I've found a branch of healing Near every bitter spring, A whispered promise stealing O'er every broken string.
I've found a glad hosanna For every woe and wail; A handful of sweet manna When grapes of Eshcol fail; I've found a Rock of Ages When desert wells are dry; And after weary stages, I've found an Elim nigh.
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.
My Saviour, 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!
—Mrs. Jane Crewdson.