Study to Show Thyself Approved

Study to show thyself approved unto God

Author: Alfred B. Smith
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

Study to show thyself approved unto God,
Approved unto God, approved unto God.
Study to show thyself approved unto God,
A workman that needeth not to be ashamed.
Not to be ashamed,
Not to be ashamed,
A workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
Rightly dividing,
Rightly dividing,
Rightly dividing the Word of Truth.

Source: Revival Hymns and Choruses #491

Author: Alfred B. Smith

Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Whea… Go to person page >

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First Line: Study to show thyself approved unto God
Title: Study to Show Thyself Approved
Author: Alfred B. Smith
Language: English

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Junior Hymns #76

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Revival Hymns and Choruses #491

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Youth Hymnal #219

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