'Tis my happiness below
Not to live without the cross,
But the Saviour's power to know.
Sanctifying every loss.

Trials must and will befall;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all
This is happiness to me.

Did I meet no trials here.
No chastisement by the way,
Might I not with reason fear
I should prove a castaway?

Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.