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What would Jesus have you do

What would Jesus have you do

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: GRAND RAPIDS
Published in 2 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 What would Jesus have you do,
Youthful soldiers, brave and true?
How would He the tempter meet?
How would He the foe defeat?

Refrain:
What would Jesus have you do,
Jesus, daily watching you?
Follow Him along the way,
Look to Jesus day by day.

2 What would Jesus do today?
Would the Savior turn away?
Would He not be kind indeed,
Glad to help in time of need? [Refrain]

3 In the Word of God so true,
Jesus shows you what to do;
If you ask Him, He will hear,
He will make the duty clear. [Refrain]

4 Lay up treasure far above,
Walk with Jesus Christ in love;
Every day your pledge renew,
Do what Christ would have you do? [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8091

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 >

Text Information

First Line: What would Jesus have you do
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #8091
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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