1 Do not be discouraged tho’ the way is drear,
Some one close beside you needs a ray of cheer;
Speak a word of comfort and the day seems bright;
Lift your neighbor’s burden, and your own grows light.

Refrain:
Lift your neighbor’s burden,
Leave Him not alone;
Lift your neighbor’s burden,
Christ will bear your own;
Lift your neighbor’s burden,
Leave Him not alone;
Lift your neighbor’s burden,
Christ will bear your own.

2 Sit not idly weeping, tho’ your heart is sad;
Other hearts are aching—strive to make them glad;
Scatter rays of sunshine, better far than gold;
You will reap a harvest many hundred-fold. [Refrain]

3 Do not mourn in secret over pain and loss;
See your neighbor bending ‘neath a heavier cross!
Hasten to relieve him; O, do not delay!
Help to lift his burden, yours will roll away. [Refrain]