Text:Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?
Author:Paul Gerhardt
Translator:John Kelly
Tune:WARUM SOLLT' ICH MICH DENN GRÄMEN
Composer:Johann G. Ebeling

509. Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?

1 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?

2 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.

3 Death cannot destroy forever;
from our fears,
cares, and tears
it will us deliver.
It will close life's mournful story;
make a way
that we may
enter heav'nly glory.

4 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.

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

Text Information
First Line: Why should cross and trial grieve me?
Title: Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1653, cento)
Translator: John Kelly (1867)
Meter: 8.3.3.6.D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2018
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Christ: As Shepherd; Christian Life; Comfort (5 more...)
Source: trans. composite, based on John Kelly, 1867
Tune Information
Name: WARUM SOLLT' ICH MICH DENN GRÄMEN
Composer: Johann G. Ebeling (1666)
Meter: 8.3.3.6.D.
Key: F Major or modal



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