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Text:Do no sinful action
Author:Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895
Tune:GLENFINLAS
Composer:Kenneth George Finlay, 1892-1974

498. Do no sinful action

1 Do no sinful action;
speak no angry word;
you belong to Jesus,
children of the Lord.

2 Christ is kind and gentle,
Christ is pure and true,
and His little children
must be holy too.

3 There’s a wicked spirit
watching round you still,
and he tries to tempt you
to all harm and ill.

4 But you must not hear him,
though it's hard for you
to resist the evil,
and the good to do.

5 Christ is your own master,
He is good and true,
and His little children
must be holy too.

Text Information
First Line: Do no sinful action
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 (alt.)
Meter: 65 65
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Tune Information
Name: GLENFINLAS
Composer: Kenneth George Finlay, 1892-1974
Meter: 65 65
Key: G Major
Copyright: © Broomhill Parish Church



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