Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: And is the gospel peace and love
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Gratitude
Hymn Number: 99
Page Number: 039, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAnd is the gospel peace and love?
Such let our conversation be;
The serpent blended with the dove--
Wisdom and meek simplicity.
Whene'er the angry passions rise.
And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife,
On Jesus let us fix our eyes,
Bright pattern of the Christian life.
Oh how benevolent and kind!
How mild! how ready to forgive!
Be his the temper of our mind,
And his the rules by which we live.
To do his heavenly Father's will
Was his employment and delight;
Humility, and love, and zeal,
Shone through his life divinely bright.
Dispensing good wher'er he came,
The labors of his life were love--
Oh! if we love the Savior's name,
Let his divine example move.