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Text:So Will I Comfort You
Author:Thomas P. Westendorf
Tune:[Oh, sorrowing mortal, why still despair]
Composer:Thomas Payne Westendorf
Media:MIDI file

6264. So Will I Comfort You

1. Oh, sorrowing mortal, why still despair,
The Father will gladly bestow
A tender compassion for all thy care,
A balm for thy every woe.

Refrain
As one whom his mother comforteth,
So will I comfort you,
So will, so will,
So will I comfort you.

2. Thy tears He will change into jewels bright,
Thy sighs will be turned into song;
Where now there is darkness there shall be light,
The weak through His power be strong. [Refrain]

3. His mercy endureth while worlds decay,
His pity doth ever abide;
He’s tenderly calling for thee today,
From over the crystal tide. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, sorrowing mortal, why still despair
Title: So Will I Comfort You
Author: Thomas P. Westendorf (1886)
Refrain First Line: As one whom his mother comforteth
Language: English
Source: The Great Awakening, by Sam P. Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Church Company, 1886), number 21
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Oh, sorrowing mortal, why still despair]
Composer: Thomas Payne Westendorf (1886)
Incipit: 55555 12216 67777
Key: C Major
Source: The Great Awakening, by Sam P. Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Church Company, 1886), number 21
Copyright: Public Domain



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