Blessèd are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9
Words: George Cooper, The Chaplet of Original Hymns and Songs (Boston, Massachusetts: G. D. Russell, 1873), page 92.
Music: Harrison Millard (🔊 pdf nwc).
Blessèd are the peacemakers,
The children of their God!
Working joy and kindliness
While here they onward plod.
Solo
Be it ours to quell each word
Of anger and of strife.
All
Sowing seeds of gentle will,
Amid our daily life.
Refrain
Blessèd are the peacemakers,
The children of their God!
Working joy and kindliness,
While here they onward plod!
Blest are they! Blest are they!
Blessèd are the peacemakers,
The children of their God!
Breathing sweetest incense round,
Like daisies from the sod.
Solo
Calming every angry storm,
That rages in the soul;
All
Sowing seeds of gentle will,
Amid our daily life.
Refrain