207. "But for a Moment"--This Valley of Sorrows

10.10.11.10.
1
"But for a moment" — this valley of sorrows,
 
Darkened with shadows and heavy with sighs;
 
Bright dawns the morrow, the glorious morrow!
 
Faint not! the Lord shall call us to arise!
 
"But for a moment" — only a moment!
 
Light our affliction — ’twill soon pass away.
 
"But for a moment" — only a moment!
 
Then comes the glory, forever and aye!
2
"Far more exceeding" the heavenly glory — 
 
Sufferings here with it cannot compare.
 
Glory eternal the guerdon for anguish,
 
Radiant crowns, for the thorns, over there.
3
Temporal things like a vapor shall vanish;
 
Higher than earth lies the land of our choice:
 
Upward we press to the home there eternal;
 
Jesus, the Lord, we behold and rejoice!
Echoes of Grace Hymnbook Index