Text:Light After Darkness
Author:Frances R. Havergal
Tune:LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS
Composer:Ira David Sankey
Media:MIDI file

3758. Light After Darkness

1. Light after darkness, gain after loss,
Strength after weakness, crown after cross;
Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after tears.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Text Information
First Line: Light after darkness, gain after loss
Title: Light After Darkness
Author: Frances R. Havergal (1879)
Language: English
Source: Life Mosaic, 1879
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: ADELAIDE, George C. Stebbins, Northfield Hymnal with Alexander's Supplement, 1907
Tune Information
Name: LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS
Composer: Ira David Sankey
Incipit: 53454 56354 42343
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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