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Keep Step Ever

Would you gain the best in life

Author: C. R. Blackall
Tune: [Would you gain the best in life] (Palmer)
Published in 22 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Would you gain the best in life?
Win the prize ‘mid all the strife?
Hold your place thro’ troubles rife?
With the right keep step!
Know the world is watching you;
Be sincere in all you do;
With the good, the pure, and true,
Ever firm keep step!

Refrain:
Keep step, keep step ever,
Keep step, keep step ever,
Keep step, keep step,
Keep step, keep step ever.

2 Life is more than idle play;
It will quickly pass away;
Use aright each golden day;
With the good keep step!
There are earnest pressing needs,
Filled alone by purest deeds;
Happy he the call who heeds—
With the true keep step! [Refrain]

3 Look beyond the present hour;
Never yield to Satan’s power;
Tho’ above the clouds may lower,
With the truth keep step!
Onward press! nor, on the way,
Loiter once or waste the day;
God and truth and right all say,
Strong in faith, keep step! [Refrain]

Source: Melodious Sonnets #73

Author: C. R. Blackall

Blackall, Christopher Ruby, M.D., born in New York State, 1830, and educated for the medical profession. For 15 years he followed his profession, including service in the army during the civil war. Subsequently he managed, for 14 years, a branch of the Baptist Publication Society, taking at the same time great interest in Sunday School work. He edited the Advanced Bible Lesson Quarterly, for 3 years, and also Our Little Ones. 1. The prize is set before us. Heaven anticipated. This is one of Dr. Blackall's most popular hymns for children. It was written in 1874 for the Sunday School of 2nd Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, and set to music by H. R. Palmer. It first appeared in Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, fro… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Would you gain the best in life
Title: Keep Step Ever
Author: C. R. Blackall
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Keep step, keep step, ever
Notes: German translation: See by F. Krüger
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 22 of 22)
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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #85

Beall's Gospel Songs with supplement entitled Favorite Hymns #d183

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Garnered Gems #41

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Hymn Tunes #108

Joy and Praise for Sunday Schools #d44

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Junior Praises #12

Love and Praise #d171

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Melodious Praise #40

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Melodious Sonnets #73

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Palmer's Book of Gems #100

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 #58

Songs of Love for the Bible School #d165

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Sunshine #30

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Temple Songs #95

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Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s95

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Temple Trio #255

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The Carol #99

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The Revival No. 3 #146

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The Revival Wave #91

The Wave of Sunday School Song #d157

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The Young People's Hymnal #173

Trumpet Notes for the Temperance Battlefield #d170

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