The Service of Praise ‎#191

191. Sweet Smiling Rose

1 In happy days of sunny June
The roses lift their smiling faces,
Their beauteous tints, and odors sweet,
Give joy to many humble places.
The raindrops falling from the sky,
Like show’rs of glist’ning pearls from heav’n,
Send vigor to the growing stem;
And sweetness to the earth is giv’n.

Refrain:
Sweet smiling rose in silent fragrance growing,
Sweet smiling rose, a joy on all bestowing,
Living to show a great Creator’s glory,
Loving to tell the ever precious story.

2 The roses in their humble sphere,
Know not the one, with joy they brighten,
Look up from out earth’s darken’d crest;
With varied tints earth’s gloom to lighten.
No sorrow ever can they know,
As Christ on high, for them doth care,
So we may ever happy be,
With Jesus all our burdens share. [Refrain]

3 Like roses, spreading fragrance, ‘round,
May we alway, with righteous living,
Be sending joys to lowly ones;
Some rays of happiness be giving.
Let us look up each passing day,
And ask the Lord with strength to bless;
That we may do the work of love,
Spread gladness ‘midst the world’s distress. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: In happy days of sunny June
• Title: Sweet Smiling Rose
• Author: Irvin H. Mack
• Refrain First Line: Sweet smiling rose in silent fragrance growing
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1900
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [In happy days of sunny June]
• Composer: J. Lincoln Hall
• Notes: Public Domain.