Behold the Lovely Springtime

Behold the love­ly spring­time!

We hail its ro­sy hours

We wel­come back the sun­shine

And cool

re­fresh­ing show­ers;

There’s beau­ty all around us

And mu­sic ev­ery­where;

O praise our great cre­at­or

Who makes the earth so fair.

Come

child­ren

join the chor­us

Ring out in joy­ful strain

A song of love to God above;

The spring has come again.

Our youth is like the spring­time

Our hearts are like the flow­ers;

Our smiles like play­ful sun­beams

That cheer its pass­ing hours;

And may our deeds of kind­ness

As one by one they fall

Be like the gen­tle rain­drops

Our Fa­ther sends to all.

Each ten­der bud and blos­som

From out its dewy leaves

Gives back to God who made it

The sweet per­fume it breathes;

Then let us give to Je­sus

Our youth­ful hearts to­day

And in life’s hap­py spring­time

Begin the heav­en­ly way.