Speak Loving Words

Speak lov­ing words to wait­ing souls

Speak words of hope and cheer;

Lift up the spir­it bowed with care

Wipe away the mourn­er’s tear.

Speak lov­ing words

speak kind­ly words

Speak words of hope and cheer

Lift up the spir­it bowed with care

Wipe away the mourn­er’s tear.

Speak lov­ing words though sin­ners fail

The path of life to find;

Point to the way that up­ward leads

Speak words both true and kind.

Speak lov­ing words

for soon thou’lt be

Pale

si­lent and un­known;

And lov­ing words alone will tell

The good that thou hast done.