Church Book ‎#389

389. So let our lips and lives express

1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy Gospel we profess:
So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Saviour God;
When His salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.

3 Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temperance, truth and love
Our inward piety approve.

4 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And faith stands leaning on His Word.

Text Information

• First Line: So let our lips and lives express
• Author: Watts (1709)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Holiness; Lent, Third Sunday; Sixty Sunday after Trinity; Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #150

Tune Information

• Name: HAMBURG
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. From index: Ad. Dr. L. Mason, d. 1872