 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - Songs, English - 1858 - 322 pages
...roses too, The spring-time shall again renew. SPEAK GENTLY. GW LASGFOED.] [Muric by Miss IINBSI v. Speak gently ! it is better far To rule by love than fear; Speak gently ! let not harsh words mar The good we might do here. Spoak gently to the little child ; Its love be sure... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...waves of thought Roll in upon my spirit, — strains sublime Break over me unsought ! SPEAK GENTLY. Speak gently ! — It is better far To rule by love than fear — Speak gently — let not harsh words mar The good we might do here ! Speak gently ! — love doth whisper low The vows that... | |
 | Broad Church Movement - 1859 - 248 pages
...Be their shepherd and their guide, Bring them to thy loving side. 63. CM GENTLENESS IN THE FAMILY. SPEAK gently — it is better far To rule by love than fear; Speak gently — let no harsh word mar The good that we do here Speak gently to the young — for they Will have enough to bear ;... | |
 | John Erskine Clarke - Children's sermons - 1859 - 128 pages
...but let me persuade all of you to have this verse, as if written over the door of your lips : — " Speak gently, it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently, let not harsh words mar The good you might do here." It is a good rule, though a very hard one to keep,... | |
 | Jane Anne Winscom - Brothers and sisters - 1859 - 352 pages
...refresh this barren and thirsty portion of His inheritance. CHAPTER XII. TUB DEUNKAED'S COTTAGE. " Speak gently ! it is better far To rule *by love than fear. Speak gently ! let not harsh words mar The good we might do here. Speak gently to the erring ! Know They may have toil'd... | |
 | Hannah Ransome Geldart - Christian life - 1859 - 388 pages
...prompted the little singers I cannot say, but the verses made a deep impression on the rich man's heart. " Speak gently, it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently, let not harsh words mar The good thou wouldst do here. " Speak gently, love doth whisper low The vows that... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...in carrying this benediction and baptism into fulfillment ! Ex. CCXIL— SPEAK GENTLY. AXOH. SPBAK gently : it is better far To rule by love than fear....flow, — Affection's voice is kind. Speak gently to the'little child, Its love be sure to gain ; Teach it in accents soft and mild, — It may not long... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...lack some gentleness And time to speak it in ; you rub the sore "When you should bring the plaster. Speak gently ! — It is better far To rule by love...fear — Speak gently! — let no harsh words mar Speak gently ! — love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind ; And gently Friendship's accents... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1860 - 146 pages
...descend, At heaven's great harvest home. .. • - .. i ;.- ir '•».-•/ 687. CM '• Gentleness. 1 SPEAK gently, — it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently, — let no harsh word mar The good we may do here. 2 Speak gently to the young, — for they Will have ertongh to bear... | |
 | Ellen Courtauld - 1860 - 488 pages
...And sinful yet may'st be ; Deal gently with the erring heart, As God hath dealt with thee. CM CCCX. 1 SPEAK gently, — it is better far To rule by love than. fear ; Speak gently, — let no harsh word mar The good we may do here. 2 Speak gently to the young, for they Will have enough to bear ;... | |
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SPEAK gently ; it is better far To rule by love than fear. Speak gently ; let no harsh words mar The good we might do here. 
