Loving Words

Representative Text

1 Loving words will cost but little,
Journeying up the hill of life,
But they make the weak and weary
Stronger, braver for the strife.
Do you count them only trifles?
What on earth are sun and rain?
Never was a kind word wasted,
Never was one said in vain.

2 When the cares of life are many,
And its burdens heavy grow
For the ones who walk beside you,
If you love them, tell them so.
What you count of little value
Has an almost magic pow’r,
And beneath their cheering sunshine
Hearts will blossom life a flower.

3 So, as up life’s hill we journey,
Let us scatter all the way
Kindly words, to serve as sunshine
In the dark and cloudy day.
Grudge no loving word, my brother,
As along thro’ life you go,
To the ones who journey with you;
If you love them, tell them so.

Source: Boundless Love: for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #59

Text Information

First Line: Loving words will cost but little
Title: Loving Words
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Kinds words and deeds
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

BEECHER

John Zundel's BEECHER (named after Henry Ward Beecher, his pastor) was first published in his Christian Heart Songs (1870) as a setting for Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" (568). The tune is also known as ZUNDEL. Approximating the shape of a rounded bar form (AA'BA'), BEECHER is…

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[Loving words will cost but little] (Murray)


[Loving words will cost but little] (Hall)


Timeline

Instances

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Boundless Love #59

Choicest Gems #d38

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Little Sacred Songs #75

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Services and Songs #23

The Temple of Praise #d58

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