James Lythgoe Missionary Journal / pp269-270
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Speak No Ill
Robert Owen, vocalist
Never spake no ill ??? a kindly word,
Can never leave a sting behind,
And ho(?) to breath each tale were heard,
As far beneath a noble mind;
For often a better seed is sown,
By choosing this the better plan,
If there's but little good we knew
Let's speak of all the best we can.
2
Give me the heart that feign would hide,
Would hide another's faulty place,
How can it pleasure human's pride
To prove humanity but race
May let us seek a higher mode
A nobler estimate of man
Be earnest in the search for good
And speak of all the best we can.
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Ne'er spake no ill but lenient be,
To another's failings as your own,
If you are the first a fault to see,
Be not the first to make it known.
For life is but a passing day,
No lip can tell how brief the span,
Then lo the little while we stay,
Let's speak of all the best we can.
Mr. Wm. H. Dame
Parowan
Iron County, Utah
U.S. America
