Let Something Good Be Said

When o’er the fame of friend or foe

The sha­dow of dis­grace shall fall; in­stead

Of words of blame

or fa­tal blow—

Let some­thing good be said.

And so I charge ye by the thor­ny crown

And by the cross on which the Sav­ior bled

And by your own soul’s hope of fair re­nown:

Let some­thing good be said.

Forget not grace

no sin­ner yet

May fall so low but Christ can lift his head

While cheeks of shame with tears are wet;

Let some­thing good be said.

No ge­ner­ous heart may turn aside

To deeds of love—if they in sin be dead

But may awak­en glo­ri­fied

If some­thing good be said.

If cru­el words em­bit­ter thee

Turn to the cross on Cal­va­ry

where said

The Sav­ior: O for­give

and see

That some­thing good be said.