Dare to Do Right

Dare to do right, dare to be true

Author: George Lansing Taylor
Tune: [Dare to do right! dare to be true] (Bradbury)
Published in 110 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Dare to do right, dare to be true!
You have a work that no other can do;
Do it so bravely, so kindly, so well,
Angels will hasten the story to tell;
Angels will hasten the story to tell.

Chorus:
Dare to do right,
Dare to be true,
Dare! dare! dare to be true!

2 Dare to do right, dare to be true!
Other men's failures can never save you;
Stand by your conscience, your honor, your faith;
Stand like a hero and battle till death;
Angels will hasten the story to tell. [Chorus]

3 Dare to do right, dare to be true!
God who created you cares for you too;
Treasures the tears that his striving ones shed,
Counts and protects ev'ry hair of your head;
Angels will hasten the story to tell. [Chorus]

4 Dare to do right, dare to be true!
Keep the great Judgment day always in view;
Look at your work as you'll look at it then
Scann'd by Jehovah, and angels, and men;
Angels will hasten the story to tell. [Chorus]

5 Dare to do right, dare to be true!
Jesus, your Saviour, will carry you through;
City, and mansion, and throne, all in sight,
Can you not dare to be true and do right?
Angels will hasten the story to tell. [Chorus]

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #67

Author: George Lansing Taylor

Taylor, George Lansing, D.D., born at Skaneateles, N.Y., Feb. 13, 1835, graduated at Columbia College, 1861, D.D. from Syracuse, 1876. Entered the Methodist Episcopal Ministry in 1862. His hymn, "Dare to do right! dare to be true" (Christian Courage), appeared anonymously in W. B. Bradbury's Golden Censer, 1864; and Bradbury's Clarion, 1867, as by "Rev. Geo. Lansing Taylor." In the Sunday School Hymnary , 1905 [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Dare to do right, dare to be true
Title: Dare to Do Right
Author: George Lansing Taylor
Meter: 8.10.10.10 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Dare, dare, dare to do right
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Companion to the Canadian Sunday School Harp #11

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Best Hymns No. 4 #135

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #111[179]

Brightest and Best #d30

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Chapel Treasures (Christ Chapel Sabbath-School, Lebanon, PA) #194

Children's Praise #d32

Children's Primary Hymn Book. 1st ed. #d17

Choice Gospel Songs #d31

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #T57

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #278

Christ in Song #d108

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Christ in Song #67

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Christian Songs #54

Christian Work-songs #d35

Cumberland Hymns, a Collection of "Whosoever Will" Songs. Centenary ed. #d32

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De Ungas Sångbok #257

Epworth Praises #200

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Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #78

Gems of Music #d7

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Gems of Song #106

Glad Tidings #d18

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Glorious Things in Sacred Song #113

Golden Censer #d12

Happy Songs for Boys and Girls #d8

Heart and Voice #d50

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Heart and Voice #119

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #211

Hymns and Songs #d18

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Hymns for First-Day Schools (Rev. and Enl.) #152

Junior Hymns #d18

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Morning Stars #90

Our Treasury of Song, for Use in the Emmanuel Baptist Church #d50

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Palmer's Sabbath School Songs #12c

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Precious Hymns #268

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Primary Teachers' Manual #36

Pure Gold for the Sunday School #d27

Rainbow Songs #d15

Ripples of Song #d8

Sabbath School Trumpet #d14

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Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #36

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d90

Select Hymns for the use of the Mission School of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church #d25

Selected Songs #d17

Selected Sunday School Songs #d23

Silver Star Song Echo, containing Temperance, Nursery, Kindergarten and Minstrel Songs #d15

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Songs for Children #70

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Songs for Little Folks #76

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Songs for Service #151

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Songs for the Sunday School #77

Songs for Young and Old #d21

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #618

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Songs of Gladness for the Sabbath School #145

Songs of Praise #d19

Sought-Out Songs for Christian Workers #d29

Sought-Out Songs for Christian Workers #d29

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d83

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d45

Sunday School Hymns of the Second Baptist Church ... Germantown #d17

Sunday School Hymns. New and improved ed. #d14

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Sunday School Melodies #165

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Sunday School Voices, No.2 #147

Sweet Songs #d8

The Association Hymn Book #d24

The Book of Praise #772

The Boy's Hymnal #d14

The Boy's Hymnal #d6

The Canadian Sunday School Harp #d31

The Children Sing #d18

The Church Hymn Book #d100

The Clariona #d40

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The Congregational Mission Hymnal #232

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The Cyber Hymnal #9316

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The Diadem #20

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The Eclectic Sabbath School Hymn Book #164

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The Epworth Hymnal #208

The Evergreen #d17

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The Extra Hymn Book #10

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #89

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #89

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The Gospel Song Sheaf #56

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #853

The King in His Beauty #d31

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The Little Seraph #144b

The Lyceum Guide #d15

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The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #222

The Musical Fountain, Enlarged #d19

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #T144b

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The New Canadian Hymnal #159

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The New Canadian Hymnal #159

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The New Golden Censer #8

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The New Shining Star #14

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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #46

The Primary Song book #d17

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The Revivalist #91

The Sabbath School Melodist #d9

The Saint John's Church Sunday School Hymn Book #d22

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The Shining Star #14

The Silver Spray #d27

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