156. Angry Words! Oh, Let Them Never.

Angry words! Oh, let them never,
From the tongue unbridled slip;
May the heart’s best impulse ever,
Check them e’er they soil the slip.

* CHORUS
“Love one another,” Thus saith the Saviour,
(Love each other) (Love each other)
Children, obey the Father’s blest command;
(‘Tis the Father’s blest command)
“Love one another,” Thus saith the Saviour
(Love each other) (Love each other)
Children, obey his blest command
(“Tis his blest command) *

Love is much too pure and holy,
Friendship is too sacred far;
For a moment’s reckless folly,
Thus to desolate and mar.

Angry words are lightly spoken,
Bitt’rest thoughts are rashly stired;
Brightest links of life are broken,
By a single angry word.