10353. Always Cheerful

1 Let our hearts be always cheerful;
Why should murmuring enter there,
When our kind and loving Father
Makes us children of His care?

Refrain:
Always cheerful, always cheerful!
Sunshine all around we see;
Full of beauty is the path of duty,
Cheerful may we always be.

2 With His gentle hand to lead us,
Should the powers of sin assail,
He has promised grace to help us;
Never can His promise fail. [Refrain]

3 When we turn aside from duty,
Comes the path of doing wrong;
And a shadow, creeping o’er us,
Checks the rapture of our song. [Refrain]

4 Oh! the good are always happy,
And their path is ever bright;
Let us heed the blessèd counsel,
Shun the wrong and love the right. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Let our hearts be always cheerful
Title: Always Cheerful
Author: Fanny Crosby
Refrain First Line: Always cheerful, always cheerful!
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: English
Source: Royal Diadem, by W. Howard Doane and Robert Lowry (New York: Biglow & Main Company, 1873)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BRASÍLIA
Composer: Robert Lowry (1873)
Meter: 87.87 D
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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