Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Steady and True

Steady and true in the upward way

Author: Katherine A. Grimes
Tune: [Steady and true in the upward way]
Published in 12 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Steady and true, in the upward way,
Never to falter, or faint, or fear;
So would I travel from day to day,
Knowing my Lord is near.

Refrain:
Steady and true as the stars that shine,
So would I keep this heart of mine,
Fit for a gift to my Lord divine;
Steady, steady and true.

2 Steady and true thro’ the sunny days,
Helping my brother to rise and smile;
Scattering joy in some lonely way,
Cheering some heart the while. [Refrain]

3 Steady and true when the darkness falls,
Following Christ as my beacon light;
Keeping the path where His dear voice calls,
Whether ‘tis noon or night. [Refrain]

Source: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #151

Author: Katherine A. Grimes

Born: April 26, 1877, Argentine, Michigan. Died: September 3, 1967, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Grimes was the first child of Stephen and Ada Potter Atherton, and had seven brothers. In 1900, she married broom maker Elliot Grant Grimes in Vernon, Michigan. She had a stepdaughter, Corabelle Grimes Shorden, one son, Leon Elliot Grimes, and an adopted daughter, Mary Patricia Green Jacobs. She became a writer at an early age, and worked as an editor for the Southern Agriculturist magazine in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to writing, she was an accomplished pianist and a music teacher. In 1920, she and her son Leon worked for Dr. William Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institute, exploring the A… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Steady and true in the upward way
Title: Steady and True
Author: Katherine A. Grimes
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Steady and true as the stars that shine
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)
TextAudioPage Scan

Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #151

Diamonds #d182

Page Scan

Gospel Hymns and Songs #151

Page Scan

Joyful Praise #34

Junior Youth Hymnal #d158

Page Scan

Progressive Sunday School Songs #8

Rodeheaver's Sunday School Songs #d175

Page Scan

Songs for Service #134

Page Scan

Williston Hymns #21

Page Scan

World Wide Revival Songs #70

Page Scan

World-Wide Revival Hymns #68

Page Scan

Youth Hymnal #31

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.