Be Firm

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Be firm and be faithful, desert not the right

Author: Anonymous
Published in 27 hymnals

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1 Be firm and be faithful;
Desert not the right;
The brave become bolder,
The darker the night;
Then up and be doing,
Tho' cowards may fail;
Thy duty pursuing,
dare all, and prevail!

2 If scorn be thy portion,
If hatred and loss,
If stripes or a prison,
Remember the cross!
God watches above thee,
And he will requite;
Stand firm and be faithful,
desert not the right!

Source: The Morning Stars Sang Together: a book of religious songs for Sunday schools and the home circle #55

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Author: Anonymous

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Text Information

First Line:	Be firm and be faithful, desert not the right
Title:	Be Firm
Author:	Anonymous
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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LYONS

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ST. DENIO

ST. DENIO is based on "Can mlynedd i nawr" ("A Hundred Years from Now"), a traditional Welsh ballad popular in the early nineteenth century. It was first published as a hymn tune in John Roberts's Caniadau y Cyssegr (Hymns of the Sanctuary, 1839). The tune title refers to St. Denis, the patron saint…

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