1 If you have the sunshine sparkling in your soul,
Give it out to others while the moments roll;
O, so many ‘round us need the happy glow,
And the more we share it, brighter it will grow.
Refrain:
Give it out to others, sunshine, sunshine!
All around our pathway we’ll spread the happy glow;
Give it out to others, sunshine, sunshine!
And the more we share it, the brighter it will grow.
2 If you’ve heard the Spirit speaking to your heart,
If you know the blessing Jesus will impart;
Give the joy to others, let your neighbor hear
Words that carry gladness, comfort, love and cheer. [Refrain]
3 If you have the sunshine, let the blessed light
Shine to rescue others from a starless night;
Love’s abundant measure overflowing still,
Till the heav’nly glory all the world shall fill. [Refrain]
Source: Sunday School Voices: a collection of sacred songs #6
Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >
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