I've found a joy in sorrow, A secret balm for pain, A beautiful to-morrow Of sunshine after rain ; I've found a branch of healing Near every bitter spring, O'er every broken string.
2. I've found a glad hosanna For every woe and wail ; A handful of sweet manna When grapes of Eshcol fail ; I've found a Rock of Ages When desert wells are dry ; And, after weary stages, I've found an Elim nigh.
3. An Elim with its coolness, Its fountains, and its shade ; A blessing in its fulness, When buds of promise fade. O'er tears of soft contrition I've seen a rainbow light, A glory and fruition, So near ! â yet out of sight.
4. My Saviour, Thee possessing, I have the joy, the balm, The healing and the blessing, The sunshine and the psalm ; The promise for the fearful, The Elim for the faint ; The rainbow for the tearful, The glory for the saint !