‘Tis My Happiness Below
- Words:
- William Cowper
- Music:
- Louis M. Gottschalk, Arr. by Edwin P. Parker
Sheet music
This tune was read from the sheet music by computer, so it may have the odd wrong note or rhythm; the sheet music itself is as printed.
- 1‘Tis my happiness below,Not to live without the cross;But the Savior’s pow’r to know,Sanctifying ev’ry loss.Trials must and will befall;But, with humble faith, to seeLove inscribed upon them all–This is happiness to me.
- 2Trials make the promise sweet;Trials give now life to prayer;Trials bring me to His feet,Lay me low, and keep me there.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 264 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.