Be Humble

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Be honest, Jesus watches

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: [Be honest, Jesus watches]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Be honest, Jesus watches,
Each act and tho't he sees.
Be useful, always ready
To help and cheer and please.

Chorus:
Oh, try to be like Jesus,
The meek and lowly One.
Be humble; Christ was humble,
God's well beloved Son.

2 Be meek, tho' tempted daily
To anger, pride and hate.
Be busy; time is passing,
It soon may be too late. [Chorus]

3 Be loving, oh, be loving,
For this is like your Lord.
Be earnest in endeavor,
And win the blest reward. [Chorus]

Source: Bible Study Songs: for junior societies, junior and primary Sunday schools #58

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Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Be honest, Jesus watches
Title:	Be Humble
Author:	Julia H. Johnston
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O try to be like Jesus
Copyright:	Public Domain