Speak Lovingly

 

Speak lovingly and kindly,
While here on earth we stay;
Our life is but a shadow
That soon will glide away.

One little word of kindness
On some poor heart may fall,
Like beams from yonder golden sun
That brightly shines for all.
Speak lovingly and kindly;
O let the task be ours
To scatter by the wayside ---
Not thorns, but smiling flowers.

Though crowned with peace and plenty
Our happy homes may be,
Remember those around us
Less favored far than we.

Speak lovingly and kindly;
For He our Lord, we know,
To us will show the kindness
That we to others show.

~ Fanny Crosby