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It Pays to Do Right
Author: F. S. Pond Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath Refrain First Line: Oh, it pays to do right Lyrics: 1 Tho’ temptation, the envoy of wrath,
Limns the future with beauty and gold,
And with roses e’er streweth our path,
Luring onward to “treasure untold;”
Neath the roses lurk sorrow and gloom,
And the path leads to ruin and night,
While the future brings sentence of doom
Unto him who stood not for the right.
Chorus:
Oh, it pays to do right,
Oh, it pays to do right;
Let us walk in the truth, in the truth and the light,
For it pays, yes, it pays to do right.
2 Happy we if our conscience may rest
From the demon of sin ever free,
While the beautiful home of the blest
Waiteth yonder for you and for me;
Then we have our reward even here,
If we walk in the truth and its might,
While the Shepherd of souls standeth near,
Guarding us when we dare to do right. [Chorus]
3 Oh, it pays to be noble and true,
Tho’ the world may condemn and despise,
For the mercy of God, like the dew,
Falleth gently on whom it decries;
Let us cling closely, then, to the cross,
Thro’ the darkness no less than the light,
And account all the world but as dross
If it weigh with the wrong ‘gainst the right. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]
It Pays to Do Right
[Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. Martin Towne Incipit: 54321 67153 51712 Used With Text: It Pays to Do Right
[Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]
It Pays to Do Right
Author: F. S. Pond Hymnal: Good Will #82 (1882) First Line: Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath Refrain First Line: Oh, it pays to do right Lyrics: 1 Tho’ temptation, the envoy of wrath,
Limns the future with beauty and gold,
And with roses e’er streweth our path,
Luring onward to “treasure untold;”
Neath the roses lurk sorrow and gloom,
And the path leads to ruin and night,
While the future brings sentence of doom
Unto him who stood not for the right.
Chorus:
Oh, it pays to do right,
Oh, it pays to do right;
Let us walk in the truth, in the truth and the light,
For it pays, yes, it pays to do right.
2 Happy we if our conscience may rest
From the demon of sin ever free,
While the beautiful home of the blest
Waiteth yonder for you and for me;
Then we have our reward even here,
If we walk in the truth and its might,
While the Shepherd of souls standeth near,
Guarding us when we dare to do right. [Chorus]
3 Oh, it pays to be noble and true,
Tho’ the world may condemn and despise,
For the mercy of God, like the dew,
Falleth gently on whom it decries;
Let us cling closely, then, to the cross,
Thro’ the darkness no less than the light,
And account all the world but as dross
If it weigh with the wrong ‘gainst the right. [Chorus]
Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]
It Pays to Do Right
It Pays to Do Right
Author: F. S. Pond Hymnal: Good Will #82 (1878) First Line: Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath Refrain First Line: Oh, it pays to do right Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]
It Pays to Do Right
It Pays to Do Right
Author: F. S. Pond Hymnal: Singing on the Way #142 (1882) First Line: Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath Refrain First Line: Oh, it pays to do right Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]
It Pays to Do Right
T. Martin Towne
1835 - 1912 Composer of "[Tho' temptation, the envoy of wrath]" in Good Will Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg.
Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives
T. Martin Towne
