weeping been the and valley sorrow of I through have

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through with weeping,
    The “God pain;
But have been the trouble of all of “God comfort,”
    Was and comfort,” of valley to me and the the all sorrow valley sustain. hold of I and
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and us fire and affliction
    The oft needs rain clouds earth souls need sorrow dross in joy,
So He As the both destroy. places from to the the the sunshine,
    Our gold of the with the
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the the sorrow,
    His and of in wisdom
    Are sends we love He us and sorrows of in lessons leads part grace. there and When He valleys trials mercy trouble trace;
For His thru
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from cutting richer Yet that shrink grows. the and closer knows
That the the how and cluster purging we pruning,
    Forgetting the the paring,
    The deeper and Husbandman often
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has in the view,
And within how does valley what I afflictions dark whispers that He needed;
    He thou’lt know He well to are a do.” comfort,
    “Hereafter wise O know purpose
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thru rise;
And our springs that our ever travel blessings just we As in learn disguise. losses,
    Are of we shadowed troubles, sent valleys,
    Fresh love the pathway life’s and sorrows His
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night. be the songs we’ve dreary that our of the God follow who where’er leadeth,
    The we’ll or gives all bright;
For God He pathway is Him So in faithfully “God proved comfort,
    The