and I weeping have valley the been through of sorrow

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