Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalm 30:5
Words: H. V. Warren, in Triumphant Songs No. 4, by Edwin O. Excell (Chicago, Illinois: E. O. Excell, 1894), number 57.
Music: Carey Boggess (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Warren’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him or Boggess (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Blessèd words for evil day:
This, this, too, will pass away!
Weeping for a night endures;
Joy the morning light ensures.
Refrain
Rejoice in the Lord!
Rejoice in the Lord!
For weeping may endure for a night,
But joy cometh in the morning!
Bravely hope, aspire, endure;
God’s own counsel standeth sure;
Every day of fortune’s frown
Hastens joy with robe and crown.
Refrain
Speeds the hour when tears and pain
I can never know again;
Trustful, to this truth I cling;
Raptured, I this grace will sing.
Refrain
Blessèd words for evil day:
This, this, too, will pass away!
Weeping for a night endures;
Joy the morning light ensures.
Refrain