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NO TEARS IN HEAVEN

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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Jan 31, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 5, No. 2.

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NO TEARS IN HEAVEN.

WHAT if our bark o'er life's rough wave By adverse winds be driven, And howling tempests round us rave, There are no tears in Heaven.
What though affliction be our lot, Our hearts with anguish riven, Still never let it be forgot There are no tears in Heaven.
If sweetest joys here vanish all, And fade like hues at even; Our brightest hopes like meteors fall— There are no tears in Heaven.
The mourner sad, who drown'd in grief Hath long in sorrow striven, Shall find at last a sweet relief, Tears wiped away in Heaven.
Thou, God, our joy and rest shall be, And sorrow far be driven; And sin and death forever flee The tearless courts of Heaven.
There from the blooming Tree of Life, The healing fruit is given; Yes! There shall cease the painful strife— There are no tears in Heaven.