So Let our Lips and Lives Express Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

HEBRON (L.M.) Lowell Mason (1792-1872)

So let our lips and lives ex-press
   The ho-ly gos-pel we pro-fess;
So let our works and vir-tues shine,
   To prove the doc-trine all di-vine.

Thus shall we best pro-claim a-broad
   The hon-ors of our Sa-vior God,
When His sal-va-tion reigns with-in,
   And grace sub-dues the power of sin.

Our flesh and sense must be de-nied,
   Pas-sion and en-vy, lust and pride;
While jus-tice, tem-perance, truth, and love,
   Our in-ward pi-e-ty ap-prove.

Re-li-gion bears our spi-rits up,
   While we ex-pect that bles-sed hope,
The bright ap-pear-ance of the Lord,
   And faith stands lean-ing on His Word.