Scatter the Sunbeams

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Scatter love's sunbeams as onward you go

Author: Ida L. Reed
Tune: [Scatter love’s sunbeams as onward you go]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Scatter love’s sunbeams as onward you go,
Brighten life’s pathway with blessings below;
Scatter love’s sunbeams, their golden rays bright
May some lost wand’rer lead into the light.

Refrain:
Scatter the sunbeams over life’s way;
Shed forth their brightness day after day;
Scatter the sunbeams of joy divine;
Bright beams of love,
Over the world let them shine.

2 Scatter the blossoms of mercy so sweet,
Pluck out the thorn points that wound the tired feet;
Comfort the weary with fragrance and bloom,
With kindness loving life’s pathway illume. [Refrain]

3 Scatter hope’s carols from harp-strings of love;
Ring out the glad notes life’s discords above,
Till they shall echo o’er mountain and plain,
In cot and palace, a beautiful strain. [Refrain]

Source: His Worthy Praise #70

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Author: Ida L. Reed

Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Scatter love's sunbeams as onward you go
Title:	Scatter the Sunbeams
Author:	Ida L. Reed
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Scatter the sunbeams over life's
Copyright:	Public Domain