Songs of Joy and Peace

Never let us sing of sad­ness

Give us songs of joy and glad­ness

Songs of cheer and not the sad

Songs to make the wea­ry glad.

Sing of love

and life

and peace

Sing of sure and sweet re­lease;

Sing

oh

sing

but when you sing

Give us songs of joy and peace.

Life is full enough of frown­ing

Give us more of Heav­en’s crown­ing

More of peace and less of pain

Less of loss and more of gain.

Dwell on bless­ings

not on sor­row

And more bright may prove the mor­row

And some wrong you hold to­day

May have winged it­self away.