Hold Fast to the Old Fashioned Gospel

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Hold fast to the old fashioned Gospel

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [Hold fast to the old fashioned Gospel]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Hold fast to the old fashioned Gospel,
“New tho’t” may be well in its way,
But give me the dear Holy Bible,
A guide that will ne’er lead astray.

Refrain:
Hold fast, hold fast,
The Word of our God tried and true,
Hold fast to the old fashioned Gospel,
Whose pages will ever be new.

2 The Word that our fathers have cherished
Whose precepts brought comfort and cheer,
The Gospel that living or dying,
Brings God and His heaven so near. [Refrain]

3 Hold fast to the old fashioned Gospel,
Thro’ ages it still is the same,
A message of perfect salvation,
To all how believe in His name. [Refrain]

Source: Uplifting Songs #79

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. 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:	Hold fast to the old fashioned Gospel
Title:	Hold Fast to the Old Fashioned Gospel
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Refrain First Line:	Hold fast, hold fast
Publication Date:	1917
Copyright:	Public Domain