It Is All Very Well

It is all ve­ry well that the cross we should bear

For the toil we’re re­paid with in­her­it­ance there;

For the way of the cross is the way to the crown:

When we take up the crown

then the cross we lay down.

It is all ve­ry well that with tri­als we’re blest

And pre­pared to enj­oy the sweet bless­ings of rest.

For like gold we are tried

and the dross all con­sumed

Our souls pu­ri­fied

and our bo­dies en­tombed.

It is all ve­ry well e’en tho’ death too may come

For the vict’ry is ours o’er the grave and the tomb.

For the clods of the val­ley in mer­cy are riv’n

And Je­sus in­vites us and guides us to Heav’n.