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IF we only sought to brighten

Every pathway dark with care,

If we only tried to lighten

All the burdens others bear,

We should hear the angels singing

All around us, night and day;

We should feel that they were winging

At our side their upward way!

If we only strove to cherish

Every pure and holy thought,

Till within our hearts should perish

All that is with evil fraught,

We should hear the angels singing

All around us, night and day;

We should feel that they were winging

At our side their upward way!

If it were our aim to ponder

On the good that we might win,

Soon our feet would cease to wander

In forbidden paths of sin;

We should hear the angels singing

All around us, night and day;

We should feel that they were winging

At our side their upward way!

If we only did our duty,

Thinking not what it might cost,

Then the earth would wear new beauty

Fair as that in Eden lost;

We should hear the angels singing

All around us, night and day;

We should feel that they were winging

At our side their upward way!