Our Example

And is the gospel peace and love?

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 194 hymnals

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1 And is the gospel peace and love?
Such let our conversation be;
The serpent blended with the dove
Wisdom and meek simplicity.

2 When'er the angry passions rise,
And tempt our thoughts and tongues to strife;
To Jesus let us lift our eyes,
Bright Pattern of the Christian life.

3 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labors of his life were love;
Then if we bear the Saviour's name,
By his example let us move.

4 O, how benevolent and kind!
How mild how ready to forgive!
Be this the temper of our mind,
And these the rules by which we live.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #629

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: And is the gospel peace and love?
Title: Our Example
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

And is the gospel peace and love? Anne Steele. [Example of Christ.] First published in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, 1760-80, vol. i. pp. 122-123: and repeated in Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, &c, 1863, pp. 75-76. It is in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled, "The Example of Christ." In 1787 it was introduced into congregational use by Dr. Rippon, in his Baptist Selection of Hymns, No. 166. This was followed by the Baptist New Selection, 1828, No. 121, and others to modern collections. In Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, No. 555, stanzas i., ii., iii., and vi. are given unaltered. It is also in American use.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d5

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Hymns #120

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Hymns #120

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Hymns #120

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Hymns #120

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #554

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #554

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New Union Hymns #476

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Parish Hymns #368

Parish Psalmody #d24

Parish Psalmody #d26

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #122

Popular Hymns, revised #95

Portsmouth Sunday School Hymn Book #d7

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d29

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d31

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #54

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d28

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Psalms and Hymns #112

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 4th ed. #d5

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #S92

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S179

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #S92

Sacred poetry #d16

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Sacred Poetry #aH.XIV

Sacred Poetry #d16

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Sacred Poetry #H.XIV

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Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa14

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Select Hymns #14

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Selection of Hymns, for Public Worship designed to be used with Watts' #26

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Songs of the League #31

Supplement to Watts #d18

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d20

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The Baptist Hymn Book #116

The Bible Hymn Book #d9

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The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book #58

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The Brethren Hymnal #125

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d21

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d21

The Christian Hymn Book #d28

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The Christian Hymn Book #143

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d29

The Christian Hymnal #d29

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The Christian Hymnal #99

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The Christian Hymnal #835

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The Christian hymnal #620

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The Christian Hymnal #59

The Christian Psalmist #d22

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d13

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The Christian Psalmist #158

The Christian Psalter #d25

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The Cyber Hymnal #9488

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d24

The Evangelical Songster #d5

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The Gospel Hymn Book #139b

The Millennial Harp #d22

The Millennial Harp #d15

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #238

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #238

The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d17

The Providence Selection of Hymns, Supplementary to Dr. Watts. #d20

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The Psalmody #694

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #884

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D14

The Saints' Harp #d53

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #629

The Southern Psalmist #d32

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d35

The Tabernacle #d10

The Universalist Hymn Book #d22

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #289

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The Vestry Singing Book #227a

The Young Convert's Companion #d7

Two Hundred and Fifty-two Familiar Hymns #d11

Union Hymns. Rev. #d21

Union Hymns. Rev. #d23

Universalist Hymn Book #d564

Village Hymns #106

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #106

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #106

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #106

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Year of Worship for Sunday Schools and Homes #13

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