After Much Tribulations Cometh The Blessings

[Intro: Instrumental] [Verse 1] I cannot learn from any communication by the Spirit to me, that Zion has forfeited her claim to a celestial crown, notwithstanding the Lord has caused her to be thus afflicted, [Verse 2] Except those who have walked in disobedience, and forsaken the new covenant All such will be made manifest by their works in due time. [Bridge] Thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion! [Break: Orchestral] [Refrain] I have always expected that Zion would suffer some affliction, from what I could learn from the commandments which have been given. [Chorus] After much tribulations cometh the blessings, I know that Zion, in the due time of the Lord, will be redeemed! But how many will be the days of her purification, tribulation, and afflictions, the Lord has kept hid from my eyes... [Instrumental] [Verse 4] And when I inquire concerning this subject, the voice of the Lord is: Be still, and know that I am God! All those who suffer for my name shall reign with me, and he that layeth down his life for my sake shall find it again... [Orchestral] [Repeat Refrain] [Repeat Chorus] [Orchestral] [Outro] May God grant that notwithstanding [our] great afflictions and sufferings, there may not anything separate us from [the] love of Christ [Instrumental] [End]