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If we only sought to brighten

Author: Kate Cameron
Published in 16 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 If we only sought to brighten
Ev’ry pathway dark with care,
If we only tried to lighten
All the burdens others bear,

Chorus:
We should hear the angels singing,
All around us night and day,
We should feel them gently winging,
At our side their upward way.

2 If we only strive to cherish
Ev’ry pure and holy thought,
Till within our hearts should perish
All that is with evil fraught, [Chorus]

3 If we only did our duty,
Thinking not what it might cost,
Then the earth would wear new beauty
Like to that in Eden lost, [Chorus]

Source: Gems and Jewels #112

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Author: Kate Cameron

Pseudonym. See also Barnes, Maria B. W. Go to person page >

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	If we only sought to brighten
Title:	Unseen But Heard
Author:	Kate Cameron
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	We should hear the angels singing
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

[If we only sought to brighten] (O'Kane)

[If we only sought to brighten] (Petersen)

[If we only sought to brighten] (Giffe)

All tunes published with 'Unseen But Heard'^ top

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Media

Audio

MIDI file from Gems and Jewels #112

Page Scans

Deseret Sunday School Songs (1909), p.166

Instances

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)

Christian Life Songs #162

Crown of Glory #d45

Crown of Gold #78

Deseret Sunday School Songs #166

Gems and Jewels #112

Hymns for Heart and Voice (2nd ed.) #351

Morning Stars #55

Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy #293

Songs for Worship #82

Songs of Grace and Glory #52

The Charm #d37

The Golden Rule #d46

The New Era of Song #d64

The Shining River #124

The St. Alban Hymnal #d185

Universal Hymns #142

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