[Faith-talk] Daily Thought for Friday, June 10, 2016

[Paul Smith]

Hello and good day once again to most of you.  Hope that your day is, 
was, or will be going well, by God's matchless grace and His providential care.

Here is yet another of Fanny Crosby's poems not set to music, to the 
best of my knowledge.  When I visited my friend Denise in west 
Baltimore, this is another of the poems I brought with me to share with 
her.  It is entitled "Speak Lovingly," written on December 6, 1882, and 
is rendered as follows:

1.  Speak lovingly and kindly,
While here on earth we stay;
Our life is but a shadow
That soon will glide away.

Chorus:  One little word of kindness
On some poor heart may fall,
Like beams from yonder golden sun
That brightly shines for all.

2.  Speak lovingly and kindly;
O let the task be ours
To scatter by the wayside--
Not thorns, but smiling flowers.

Chorus:

3.  Though crowned with peace and plenty
Our happy homes may be,
Remember those around us
Less favored far than we.

Chorus:

4.  Speak lovingly and kindly;
For He, our Lord, we know,
To us will show the kindness
That we to others show.

Chorus:

Well folks, I hope that you enjoyed reading these lines.  And how about 
some of you entrepeneurs who might display a talent for writing music, 
why don't you sit down and try composing a melody to these words? Who 
knows, but between Fanny's words and your music there just might be 
something to get started, if you follow my drift.

And that will do it for today.  Until tomorrow when, Lord willing 
another daily thought message and article will be posted, may the God 
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe, individually and 
collectively, in these last days in which we live.  Your Christian 
friend and brother, Paul