Scripture Verse

Love one another, as I have loved you. John 13:34

Introduction

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Andrew Byers (1869–1952)

Words: Will­iam J. Hen­ry & Lu­el­la E. Hen­ry, in Sal­va­tion Ech­oes, ed­it­ed by Bar­ney E. War­ren, An­drew By­ers, Clar­ence E. Hunt­er & Da­ni­el O. Teas­ley (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1900), num­ber 16.

Music: Kashan An­drew L. By­ers, 1900 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Will­iam or Lu­el­la Hen­ry (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Let us ev­er love each oth­er
With a heart that’s warm and true,
Ever do­ing to our bro­ther
As to us we’d have him do.

Refrain

Kind and lov­ing to each oth­er,
Gentle words to all we meet—
Thus we fol­low Christ our Sav­ior,
Proving all His ser­vice sweet.

When the heart is sad and lone­ly,
And the eyes with tears o’er­flow,
Gentle words and deeds of kind­ness
Fall like sun­beams on the snow.

Refrain

Let us help our fall­en bro­ther,
Lift him gent­ly by the hand,
Speaking words of cheer and com­fort,
Point him to a bet­ter land.

Refrain

In this world of toil and sor­row
Many hearts are full of care;
Let us live to serve our mas­ter,
And each oth­er’s bur­dens bear.

Refrain