Verse 1 ~ Let our hearts be always cheerful;      Why should murmuring enter there, When our kind and loving Father      Makes us children of His care? Refrain ~ Always cheerful, always cheerful,      Sunshine all around we see; Full of beauty is the path of duty,      Cheerful we may always be. Verse 2 ~ With His gentle hand to lead us,      Should the powers of sin assail, He has promised grace to help us;      Never can His promise fail. Verse 3 ~ When we turn aside from duty,      Comes the pain of doing wrong; And a shadow, creeping o'er us,      Checks the rapture of our song. Verse 4 ~ Oh! the good will strive to be happy,      And their path is ever bright; Let us heed the blessed counsel,      Shun the wrong and love the right.