Love is needed

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1 Love is needed, love is needed, just a little more of love,
Like the love that brought our Savior from his throne of light above;
For this weary world is stricken and it bears a weight of woe;
And a little more of heav’nly love is needed here below.

Refrain:
Love, pure love is needed here below,
Love, sweet love would banish much of woe,
Love, great love, like Jesus came to show,
Such love would make this weary world a blissful heaven here below.

2 Love is needed, love is needed, for there is so much of grief,
And the days of joy and sunshine are so very few and brief;
And the sorrows are so heavy for the weary world to bear,
That a little more of tender love is needed everywhere. [Refrain]

3 Love is needed, love is needed, such a love as will forgive;
Such a love as makes it easy for some weary soul to live;
Such a love as points to heaven; and a little love is due
To the world so sad and weary, oh, my Christian friend, from you. [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #106

Author: William C. Martin

Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Love is needed
Author: William C. Martin
Refrain First Line: Love, pure love is needed here
Copyright: Public Domain

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