And is the gospel peace and love?
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And is the gospel peace and love?Such let our conversation be;The serpent blended with the dove—Wisdom and meek simplicity.
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Whene'er the angry passions rise,And tempt our thoughts and tongues to strife;To Jesus let us lift our eyes,Bright Pattern of the Christian life.
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Dispensing good where'er he came,The labors of his life were love;Then if we bear the Saviour's name,By his example let us move.
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O, how benevolent and kind!How mild—how ready to forgive!Be this the temper of our mind,And these the rules by which we live.