Only God can bring us glad­ness,
Only God can give us peace;
Joys are vain that end in sad­ness,
Joy div­ine shall ne­ver cease.
Mid the shade of want and sor­row
Undisturbed, our hearts re­joice;
Patient, wait the bright­er mor­row;
Faithful, heed the Fa­ther’s voice.

As the stars in or­der go­ing,
All-har­mo­ni­ous, He doth move;
Heavenly calm and com­fort show­ing,
Comes the heal­ing word of love.
Who the word of wis­dom hear­eth
Feels the Fa­ther Love with­in,
Where as dawn the sha­dow clear­eth,
Love out­shines the night of sin.

So we find the true atone­ment,
Know in God the per­fect Friend;
For in love is our atone­ment,
Where all hearts in Him may blend.
Here from pri­son­ing pain and sor­row
Have we all a sure re­lease,
Only God can bring us glad­ness,
Only God can give us peace.