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Text:So Let Our Lips and Lives Express
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:MIN LJUFVA TRÖST
Composer:Albert Lindström

E10. 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 pow'r of sin.

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

4 His promise 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
Title: So Let Our Lips and Lives Express
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1913
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: MIN LJUFVA TRÖST
Composer: Albert Lindström
Meter: L. M.
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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