WE SHOULD HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING.

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! Kate Cameron.