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I: Joy is a fruit that will not grow / In Nature's barren soil; / All we can boast till Christ we know / Is vanity and toil.
II: But where the Lord has planted grace, / And made his glories known, / There fruits of heavenly joy and peace / Are found, and there alone.
III: A bleeding Saviour seen by faith, / A sense of pard'ning love, / A hope that triumphs over death, / Give joys like those above.
IV: To take a glimpse within the veil, / To know that God is mine, / Are springs of joy that never fail, / Unspeakable! divine!
V: These are the joys which satisfy / And sanctify the mind; / Which make the spirit mount on high, / And leave the world behind.
VI: No more, believers, mourn your lot, / But if you are the Lord's, / Resign to them that know him not / Such joys as earth affords.