A Righteus Tongue

Father Abraham,
Charles Wycull

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ADAPTED BY: DCLM CHOIR

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1. Do you know, my dear bro - ther, that thetongue is e - vil; You can
2. Ho - ly Spi - rit come to - day, fall up - on us we pray; Give us
3. Life and death are in the pow'r of thetongue, syas your word, Con - fes-

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4.Words of com - fort and goodcheer speaks thetongue of the saint, Gen - tle
5. Let the pow'r of pen - te - cost cir - cum - cise my heart, now, Let me

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not tame it or have con - trol; But when Je - sus Christ
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pow'r to use the tungue a - right; Let it now be con - se - cra - ted
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sions of thetongue come to pass; When we speak words of faith and of

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words heal the broken heart - ed; From the a - bun - dance of the heart

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be a bless ing to oth - ers; Spread - ing news of sal - va - tion to

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your heart to stay, He'll give grace to have com plete con - trol, and with it to
to your ser - vice, To do just your bid - ding and plea - sure, Giv - ingthanks and
pow'r in the Lord, we are sure to re - ceive our de - sire if we have no

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cleanse the con - tents of my heart

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the mouth does speak; Dear Lord, that I speak no

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the lost and lame, Bid - ding them to look to Je - sus Christ

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bless. A right - eous tongue, and pu - ri - fied, Lord, cre - ate in me, O let your
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Spir - it pos - sess and O may my speech be al - ways with grace and

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use it at will;

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