CHRISTIAN LIFE >> LovING SERVICE
SDAH 579
‘Tis love that makes us happy,
‘Tis love that smooths the way;
It helps us mind, it makes us kind
To others every day.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
This hymn by Franklin Edson Belden (1858-1945) appears in his Christ in Song, 1900, with the text at the heading, “My little children, let us not love in word, … but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18). There is also a footnote stating that it was copyrighted in 1892 and taken from Illustrated Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones. This book by Lillie Affolter and F. E. Belden, contained 30 songs and hymns written for 52 lessons on the life of Christ and was designed for use by teachers in Sabbath and in Sunday schools.
The tune, unnamed, is also by Belden, and is somewhat typical of gospel songs for children. It has a pleasant melody, with an alto part either a third or a sixth below it. The other two parts make up a simple harmonic pattern that uses only two or three chords.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
1
‘Tis love that makes us happy,
‘Tis love that smooths the way;
It helps us mind, it makes us kind
To others every day.
Refrain
God is love; we’re his little children.
God is love; we would be like Him.
‘Tis love that makes us happy,
‘Tis love that smooths the way;
It helps us “mind,” it makes us kind
To others every day.
2
This world is full of sorrow,
Of sickness, death, and sin;
With loving heart we’ll do our part,
And try some soul to win.
3
And when this life is over,
And we are called above
Our song shall be, eternally,
Of Jesus and His love.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(r) 1 John 3:18
Author
Franklin E. Belden (1858-1945)
Year Published
1892
Metrical Number
7.6.8.6.Ref.
Composer
F.E. Belden (1858-1945)
