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Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Precious words of Jesus Refrain First Line: Love that never faileth Lyrics: 1. Precious words of Jesus, Reaching all our need! Truest love the message Wrought in word and deed; Cheer for all the lonely, Comfort for the sad, Sacred, blessèd duty, Make some other glad. Refrain Love that never faileth, Seeketh not her own; Love that brings rejoicing Drives away the tears, Love that lives triumphant, Thro’ eternal years! 2. Turn the tides of evil, Cheer the fainting heart; In the stress of battle, Bear a noble part; Sin has open warfare With the young and brave, But your hand can rescue, And your love can save. [Refrain] 3. Love reflects the glory Of a light divine, Down each gloomy pathway, Let the brightness shine; Let such deeds of mercy Mark your upward way, That your path will brighten, To the perfect day. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Precious words of Jesus]

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[Precious words of Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. W. Elderkin Incipit: 53231 32175 43426 Used With Text: Love One Another

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Love One Another

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3995 First Line: Precious words of Jesus Refrain First Line: Love that never faileth Lyrics: 1. Precious words of Jesus, Reaching all our need! Truest love the message Wrought in word and deed; Cheer for all the lonely, Comfort for the sad, Sacred, blessèd duty, Make some other glad. Refrain Love that never faileth, Seeketh not her own; Love that brings rejoicing Drives away the tears, Love that lives triumphant, Thro’ eternal years! 2. Turn the tides of evil, Cheer the fainting heart; In the stress of battle, Bear a noble part; Sin has open warfare With the young and brave, But your hand can rescue, And your love can save. [Refrain] 3. Love reflects the glory Of a light divine, Down each gloomy pathway, Let the brightness shine; Let such deeds of mercy Mark your upward way, That your path will brighten, To the perfect day. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Precious words of Jesus]

Love One Another

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: The Redeemer's Praise #3 (1906) First Line: Precious words of Jesus Refrain First Line: Love that never faileth Topics: Love Tune Title: [Precious words of Jesus]

Love one another

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: Songs of the Century No. 2 #d131 (1910) First Line: Precious words of Jesus Refrain First Line: Love that never faileth

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Lanta Wilson Smith

1856 - 1939 Author of "Love One Another" in The Cyber Hymnal Lanta Wilson Smith was born July 19, 1856 at Castine, Maine, and died October 19, 1939 at Taunton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of a Methodist minister, William J. Wilson, and his wife Sedelia Follett. Her father belonged to the Maine, and later the East Maine Conferences from 1846 until 1866, when he with his family traveled in a covered wagon to the west, where he served as minister in Nebraska and Dakota. Later he returned to New England and founded out his sixty-four years in the ministry at an appointment in Hingham, Massachusetts. From her early childhood Lanta sang and played the organ in church and Sunday school wherever her father was located. When seventeen she attended Bucksport Seminary, Maine, where she received some instruction in music, and where she began to write stories for the church papers. When David C. Cook introduced music and hymns into his publications, Lanta began to write hymns, some of which were used by him. She received assistance from such prominent composers as T. Martin Towne and E. O. Excell. "Scatter Sunshine" [see link below] was perhaps her most popular hymn. It was set to music by Mr. Excell and became such a favorite that he wrote her, "My, my, how I wish you would write another hymn like that. It has proved such a success that I believe I will send you a draft for twenty-five dollars to let you know how much I appreciate the hymn. Possibly this will inspire you to write another equally as good." Mrs. T. M. Towne attended the Christian Endeavor Convention in Washington in 1896, and after her return she wrote Mrs. Smith: "It's wonderful how the great chorus sang your hymn "Scatter Sunshine". A missionary in Japan asked, "May I not have, in your handwriting and over your signature, your beautiful hymn "Scatter Sunshine"? The possession and care of such a kindly souvenir of yourself will often cause me to remember you with gratiude and bring to kindly remembrance the brightness your message has brought to many a life." This request was complied with. The hymn has been adopted as the official hymn of the National Sunshine Society. Shortly after the convention just referred to Mr. Towne sent her a subject - Heaven - and insisted that the last line of the chorus should be "Is Jesus high over them all?" She writes, - "To build up a verse to match a last line beginning with "Is" was something new, and he wanted it in a hurry." When he wrote back he said "Hurrah, I knew you could do it." Asa Hull was another voluminous composer for whom she wrote hymns. In 1880 Miss Wilson married Rev. C. Hartley Smith, and for twelve years they preached and ministered in Dakota. Both were musicians, and wherever they made calls, they were ask to sing some of the beloved hymns of the church. On returning east Mr. Smith joined the New England Southern Conference, and completed thirty-seven years of preaching. Mrs. Smith wrote more than five hundred poems, articles and hymns, the greater part of this number being hymns. Her songs were written for many occasions, Children's Day, Christmas and Easter; there were also temperance hymns and three cantatas. Of one of her songs, "The saints shall have dominion in the morning", Professor Black thought she was giving the saints too much, but when she sent him a large sheet of paper filled with Bible references to the saints, he replied, "I give up. The saints are in for a pretty good time." She left her singing voice out on the prairie, but continued to write even to her eightieth year. --http://heirloomsreunited.blogspot.com/2010/11/, posting a scan of her biography originally published in The Choir Herald, vol.50, n.6 (March 1947): 150-151.

G. W. Elderkin

1879 - 1965 Person Name: George W. Elderkin Composer of "[Precious words of Jesus]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: October 5, 1879, Chicago, Illinois. Elderkin and his wife Margaret were living in Cook County, Illinois, in 1900 & 1910. By 1920, he was in Princeton, New Jersey, and was there as late as 1942. His works include: Songs of the Century, with John Sweney & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: George D. Elderkin Publishing Company, 1900) The Redeemer’s Praise, with James Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: George D. Elderkin Publishing Company, 1906) Aspects of the Speech in the Later Greek Epic, 1906 Problems in Periclean Buildings, 1912 --www.hymntime.com/tch/