Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: And is the gospel peace and love
Topic: Christ/Nativity
Writer: Anne Steele
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: LM double
Tune: Sweet Hour of Prayer
Hymn Number: 554
Page Number: 199, 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.
O 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 where'er he came,
The labors of his life were love:
O if we love the Saviour's name,
Let his divine example move!
Thy fair example may we trace,
To teach us what we ought to be;
Make us, by thy transforming grace,
Lord Jesus, daily more like thee.