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Joy is a fruit that will not grow 
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. 
A bleeding Savior seen by faith, A sense of pard’ning love; A hope that triumphs over death, Give joys like those above. 
These are the joys which satisfy, And purify the mind; Which make the spirit mount on high, And leave the world behind. 
No more, believers, mourn your lot, O, thou who art the Lord’s; Resign to those who know Him not, Such joy as earth affords.