The words of the godly encourage many.
Proverbs 10:21
Words: R. S. Taylor, in The Golden Censer, by William Bradbury (New York: William B. Bradbury, and Ivison, Phinney & Blakeman, 1864), page 82.
Music: William B. Bradbury (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Taylor’s full name, or where to get a good picture of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Scatter smiles, bright smiles
As you pass on your way,
Thro’ this world of toil and care;
Like the beams of the morning that gently play,
They will leave a sunlight there.
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Scatter smiles, bright smiles,
Scatter smiles as you pass on your way;
Scatter smiles, bright smiles,
Scatter smiles, bright smiles.
Scatter smiles, bright smiles,
’Tis but little they cost;
But your heart may never know
What a joy they may carry to weary ones
Who are pale with want and woe.
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Scatter smiles, bright smiles
O’er the grave of the past,
Where the orphan’s treasure lies;
In the tear drop that glistens there, light will shine,
As the rainbow paints the skies.
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Scatter smiles, bright smiles,
O’er the young who have strayed,
From the path where once they trod;
You may lead to the fountain of truth again,
You may bring them home to God.
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