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Hymn · Psalm 15

Tests of Christian Character

CONVERSE · 8.7.8.7.D · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Charles C. Converse

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Tests of Christian Character he vil shall e asks to be Thy house cess ex no Thy gain; friend; guest? a a to slan Lord, ly that O the ders with 3. Free 2. He 1. Who, lend broth bid No Does In ing, er, ing, y his a need Thee not not es ly praise to hill fus ho sires de re Thy men. tend. rest? of at shall proach feet in the re his He no es to And To Who, frien oth turn He In ding, er ing, on Zi of cent be an er who with nev good fear more out right shall the the moved: Lord; fear, be the a this, men ev ing ed that and win er Do Wick He spurn right He But Does fa ing, vor, ly, e not walks vil up his by him and love Thee sad man bring truth the it with proved. ward. cere. ap re sin man vow speaks, the his he he with he This From When journ wa This Tho' But light ing, ver, ly, Thee will speaks not not so The Psalter, 1912 CONVERSE 8.7.8.7.D Charles C. Converse, 1874

1.Who, O Lord, with Thee abiding,
In Thy house shall be Thy guest?
Who, his feet to Zion turning,
In Thy holy hill shall rest?
He that ever walks uprightly,
Does the right without a fear,
When he speaks, he speaks not lightly,
But with truth and love sincere.

2.He that slanders not his brother,
Does no evil to a friend;
To reproaches of another
He refuses to attend.
Wicked men win not his favor,
But the good who fear the Lord;
From his vow he will not waver,
Tho' it bring him sad reward.

3.Freely to the needy lending,
No excess he asks again;
And the innocent befriending,
He desires not praise of men.
Doing this, and evil spurning,
He shall nevermore be moved:
This the man with Thee sojourning,
This the man by Thee approved.

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