If you know a kindly word

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If you know a kindly word

Author: Alfred Barratt
Tune: [If you know a kindly word]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 If you know a kindly word,
Tell it out today;
Let its wondrous strains be heard,
Tell it out today,
Hearts of sorrow, grief and care
Crowd the pathway everywhere,
Waiting for its sweetness rare,
Tell it out today.

Refrain:
Tell it out today,
Tell it out today;
If you know a kindly word,
Tell it out today;
Tell it out today,
Tell it out today;
If you know a kindly word,
Tell it out today.

2 If you know a song of cheer,
Tell it out today;
Till the lonely ones shall hear,
Tell it out today.
There are many in the throng,
Crushed and daunted by the strong,
Who have listened for your song—
Tell it out today. [Refrain]

3 If you have a word of love,
Tell it out today;
Weary souls may look above,
Tell it out today.
Let its radiance clear and bright,
Like a beacon in the night,
Lead another to the light,
Tell it out today. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Grace and Glory: A New and Inspiring Selection of Sacred Songs for Evangelical Use and General Worship #56

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Author: Alfred Barratt

Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,… Go to person page >

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