01 November 2019
CROWN AFTER CROSS
Words: Frances R. Havergal
Music: Barney E. Warren
Light after darkness, gain after loss,
Strength after weakness, crown after cross;
Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after tears.
Refrain:
Now comes the weeping, then the glad reaping;
Now comes the labor hard, then the reward.
Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain,
Sight after mystery, peace after pain;
Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,
Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last.
Near after distant, gleam after gloom,
Love after loneliness, life after tomb;
After long agony rapture of bliss—
Right was the pathway leading to this.
(Source: https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Crown_After_Cross/)?
BAYO AFOLARANMI