The Service of Praise ‎#188

188. The Smiling Flowers

1 How the smiling flowers
Deck earth’s fields and bowers,
Giving joy and gladness,
Hiding ev’ry sadness.
By the streamlet flowing,
Or on wayside growing,
With their heads uplifted,
Glad praise to God they show.

Refrain:
Smiling flowers, growing showing,
Joy and gladness ev’rywhere;
Colors blending, perfume sending,
Beauteous flowers, lovely bowers,
Praise to God they show.

2 See their beauteous smiling
Happy days beguiling,
Dainty colors blending,
Perfumes rich are sending,
With a glad thanksgiving,
For their gracious living,
They are but the tokens
Of Father’s mighty love. [Refrain]

3 What are flowers showing
By their beauteous growing,
AS the earth they brighten,
And its gloom they lighten,
That God’s love is welling,
Unto mankind telling,
There is joy unending,
For all who follow him. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: How the smiling flowers
• Title: The Smiling Flowers
• Author: Irvin H. Mack
• Refrain First Line: Smiling flowers, growing showing
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1900
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [How the smiling flowers]
• Composer: J. Lincoln Hall
• Notes: Now Public Domain.