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Kind Words Can Never Die

Sallie K. Best • English

Primary Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20

Verse 1

Kind words can never die, cherished they’ll be After the loving face no more we see; Oft they have brought the tear, When earth seemed cold and drear, Oft have they brought good cheer to you and me.

Chorus

Kind words can never die, never die, never die, Kind words can never die, no, never die.

Verse 2

Kind words can never die, little they cost, And o’er life’s troubled waves, when tempest tossed, They will return to you Earnest, sincere and true, Rough billows they’ll subdue; they are not lost.

Chorus

Kind words can never die, never die, never die, Kind words can never die, no, never die.

Verse 3

Kind words can never die; if we could know What burdens others bear, what grief and woe; How oft a cheering word Would from our lips be heard; Hearts would with love be stirr’d where’er we go.

Chorus

Kind words can never die, never die, never die, Kind words can never die, no, never die.

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