1. Never saw a sunrise that didn't follow night;
hardly saw it shining 'til a shadow blocked it's light;
never took a journey and not leave some place behind,
not feel some anguish before some peace of mind.

2. I'm not afraid of pain or threats it seems to give,
though it only tears at life, with little left to live.
Still it won't conquer me if I can learn to bend;
For when it's course ir run, renewed, I'll rise again.

3. There's one who knew our pain. there's one who felt our loss.
And yet he knew a love thast went beyond the cost.
He dared to lose it all, to trust the Father's care,
And God restored His life and conquered death's despair.

in 1982 when i heard this hymm for the first time i remarked it would make a great song for funeral. the music minister selected it months later at memorial mass for my still born son. it still touches my heart.

"Without clouds, the rain can't wash the land
Without rain, the grass won't hide the sand
Without grass, the flower's bloom won't grow
Without pain, the joy in life won't show"