A MESSAGE FROM PARADISE
Why mean you by this weeping
To break my very heart?
We both are in Christ's keeping,
And therefore cannot part.
To break my very heart?
We both are in Christ's keeping,
And therefore cannot part.
You there, I here, tho' severed,
We still, at heart, are one;
I only just in sunshine,
The shadows scarcely gone.
We still, at heart, are one;
I only just in sunshine,
The shadows scarcely gone.
What if the clouds surround you,
You can the brightness see:—
Tis only just a little way
That leads from you to me.
You can the brightness see:—
Tis only just a little way
That leads from you to me.
I was so very weary,
Surely you could not mourn
That I a little sooner
Should lay my burden down!
Surely you could not mourn
That I a little sooner
Should lay my burden down!
Then weep not, weep not, darling,
God wipes away all tears;—
'Tis only yet a little while,
Though you may call it years.
God wipes away all tears;—
'Tis only yet a little while,
Though you may call it years.