Be Kind to Each Other

Verse 1

Be kind to each other; The night's coming on, When friend and when brother Perchance may be gone; Then, 'midst our dejection, How sweet to have earn'd The blest recollection Of kindness return'd!

Chorus

Happy children, blessed children, Who are loving one another truly; And the Saviour, blessed Saviour, Loving more than all beside.

Verse 2

When day hath departed, And memory keeps Her watch, broken-hearted, Where all the loved sleep. Let falsehood assail not, Nor envy disprove, Let trifles prevail not 'Gainst those whom you love.

Verse 3

Nor change with to-morrow, Should fortune take wing: The deeper the sorrow, The closer still cling! Be kind to each other: The night's coming on, When friend and when brother Perchance may be gone.