Tis My Happiness Below MERCY—Louis M. Gottschalk Tis My Happiness Below 1 ’Tis my happiness below, Not to live without the cross; But the Saviour’s pow’r to know, Sanctifying ev’ry loss. 2 Trials must and will befall; But with humble faith to see Love inscribed upon them all, This is happiness to me. 3 God, in Israel, sows the seeds Of affliction, pain, and toil; These spring up and choke the weeds Which would else o’erspread the soil. 4 Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life