Speak lovingly and kindly,

     While here on earth we stay;

Our life is but a shadow

     That soon will glide away.

 

One little word of kindness

     On some poor heart may fall,

Like beams from yonder golden sun

    That brightly shines for all.

 

Speak lovingly and kindly;

     O let the task be ours

To scatter by the wayside -

      No thorns, but smiling flowers.

 

Though crowned with peace and plenty

    Our happy homes may be,

Remember those around us

    Less favored far than we.

 

Speak lovingly and kindly;

    For He our Lord, we know,

To us will show the kindness

      That we to others show.

 

            ~~Fanny Crosby~~