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Looking On the Bright Side

Representative Text

1 Looking on the bright side, trusting all to Him;
Leaning on the Saviour when the light is dim;
Tho’ the way be thorny, and the mountain steep,
Looking on the bright side, God the soul will keep.

Refrain:
Looking on the bright side, all along the way,
Soon we’ll see the shadows merging into day;
Looking on the bright side, see all bane and blight,
Care and pain and sorrow passing out of sight.

2 Looking on the bright side ev’ry passing day,
We can cheer a trav’ler on the narrow way;
We can tell the story, tell of Him, our Guide,
Who was for a world of sinners crucified. [Refrain]

3 Looking on the bright side, tho’ the shadows fall,
God, within the shadow watches over all;
He is near His children, shields from ev’ry foe,
Gives them peace and comfort in this world below. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Help: for the Sunday school, evangelistic and church services #14

Author: Georgia T. Snead

Georgia Tillman Snead was born in Virginia. She wrote several volumes of prose and a book of poems. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Looking on the bright side, trusting all to Him
Title: Looking On the Bright Side
Author: Georgia T. Snead (1914)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Looking on the bright side all along the way
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
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Choice Gospel Hymns #298

Gems of Praise #d6

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Hymns of the Heart #10

New Junior Songs #58

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Rainbow Songs #128

Rodeheaver's Sunday School Songs #d118

Song Sunbeams #d42

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Songs for Service #188

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Songs of Help #14

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The Cyber Hymnal #12834

Exclude 9 pre-1979 instances
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