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[Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. M. Shanks Used With Text: Get a Smile from Jesus

Author: Herbert Buffum Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning Refrain First Line: If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning Lyrics: 1 Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning, All your bitter disappointments will repay; Tho’ the world may frown, while Jesus smiles upon you, You’ll have sunshine in your heart throughout the day. Refrain: If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning You’ll have smiles to scatter all along the way; If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning, You’ll have sunshine in your heart throughout the day. 2 If the crepe is on the door and loved ones leave you, In your sorrow there is hope for you alway; In the secret place of pray’r find consolation, Then your heart will find new sunshine ev’ry day. [Refrain] 3 And when dark the evening shadows gather ‘round you And when earthly things begin to fade away; If you have the smile of Jesus thro’ life’s journey, You’ll have sunshine at the ending of the day. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning]

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Get a Smile from Jesus

Author: Herbert Buffum Hymnal: Full Gospel Songs #66 (1941) First Line: Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning Refrain First Line: If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning Lyrics: 1 Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning, All your bitter disappointments will repay; Tho’ the world may frown, while Jesus smiles upon you, You’ll have sunshine in your heart throughout the day. Refrain: If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning You’ll have smiles to scatter all along the way; If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning, You’ll have sunshine in your heart throughout the day. 2 If the crepe is on the door and loved ones leave you, In your sorrow there is hope for you alway; In the secret place of pray’r find consolation, Then your heart will find new sunshine ev’ry day. [Refrain] 3 And when dark the evening shadows gather ‘round you And when earthly things begin to fade away; If you have the smile of Jesus thro’ life’s journey, You’ll have sunshine at the ending of the day. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning]

Get a Smile from Jesus

Author: Herbert Buffum Hymnal: New Songs of the Old Faith #84 (1927) First Line: Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning Refrain First Line: If you get a smile from Jesus in the morning Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little smile from Jesus in the morning]

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Herbert Buffum

1879 - 1939 Author of "Get a Smile from Jesus" in Full Gospel Songs Herbert Buffum was born in La Fayette, Illinois 13 November 1879. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He started preaching at seventeen years of age. He did city mission work up and down the Pacific Coast and later in small towns in Kansas. He began publishing hymns at the age of eighteen. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)