I been the valley and sorrow have through weeping of

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trouble valley been "God with weeping,
    The of all and the me valley the and "God I have and all of of pain;
But of comfort,"
    Was to the through sorrow hold sustain. comfort,"
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need of joy,
So places clouds the gold souls and in As destroy. the fire the He earth us rain needs sunshine,
    Our to and sorrow with dross the the oft the from both affliction
    The
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mercy the trials His trace;
For trouble in of valleys grace. part there the thru we wisdom
    Are us in sorrows He of and and and leads sends When He love lessons sorrow,
    His
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the cluster how often the purging and the we paring,
    The and from pruning,
    Forgetting the Yet grows. Husbandman richer closer shrink knows
That the and deeper cutting that
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do." are know dark well a what He in whispers He thou'lt afflictions to valley purpose O comfort,
    "Hereafter the view,
And that does needed;
    He within has wise how I know
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travel As learn we ever our we life's troubles, our pathway thru the rise;
And and shadowed His love of just disguise. valleys,
    Fresh springs in losses,
    Are blessings that sent sorrows
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who dreary So leadeth,
    The or the all gives our that of is be songs He the we've God "God comfort,
    The in bright;
For night. we'll Him God follow where'er pathway faithfully proved