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Text:Look Not on the Wine
Author:Julia H. Johnston
Tune:[Look not on the ruby wine]
Composer:Rand L. Newton

99. Look Not on the Wine

1 Look not on the ruby wine,
In the goblet glowing;
Touch not, taste not, handle not,
Well the danger knowing.

Chorus:
Look not on the ruby wine,
Sparkling in its beauty;
Shun the tempter's cruel snare,
Bravely follow duty.

2 In the cup a serpent hides,
By and by he rages;
In the tempter's service hard,
Death will be the wages. [Chorus]

3 Is it Christ the Saviour's way,
Is it right, my brothers?
Is it safe for any one?
Is it safe for others? [Chorus]

4 Even Christ pleased not himself,
Christ, the meek and lowly;
Daily seek to be like him,
Loving, pure and holy. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Look not on the ruby wine
Title: Look Not on the Wine
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Refrain First Line: Look not on the ruby wine
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Picture Songs
Copyright: Copyright, 1899, by D. B. Towner.
Tune Information
Name: [Look not on the ruby wine]
Composer: Rand L. Newton
Incipit: 51312 17655 17
Key: G Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1899, by D. B. Towner.



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