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[O stand for the right, whatever be the cost]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Incipit: 51123 12176 55725

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, stand for the right, whatever be the cost! Refrain First Line: Stand for the right, stand for the right Lyrics: 1 Oh, stand for the right, whatever be the cost! Victory! victory never must be lost; God is your helper, He will make you true and strong, Ever stand for the right and rejoicing, march along. Chorus: Stand for the right, stand for the right, Stand ever steadfast and true; Oh, stand for the right in the armor of might, And there will be glory for you. 2 Oh, stand for the right, obey the law divine! Steadily, steadily, keeping to the line; If in the conflict you would sing the victors song, In the strength of the Lord you must conquer every wrong. [Chorus] 3 Oh, stand for the right, forgetting all the past, Pressing on, pressing on, glory comes at last! You have the promises, oh, never, never quail! Ever stand for the right till you over all prevail. [Chorus] Topics: Loyalty; Rally Day; Warfare and Victory Used With Tune: [Oh, stand for the right, whatever be the cost!]

Instances

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Stand for the Right

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Devotional Songs #10 (1903) First Line: O stand for the right, whatever be the cost! Refrain First Line: Stand for the right, stand for the right Lyrics: 1 O stand for the right, whatever be the cost! Victory! victory never must be lost; God is your helper, He will make you true and strong, Ever stand for the right and rejoicing, march along. Chorus: Stand for the right, stand for the right, Stand ever steadfast and true; O stand for the right in the armor of might, And there will be glory for you. 2 O stand for the right, obey the law divine! Steadily, steadily, keeping to the line; If in the conflict you would sing the victor-song, In the strength of the Lord you must conquer ev’ry wrong. [Chorus] 3 O stand for the right, forgetting all the past, Pressing on, pressing on, glory comes at last! You have the promises, oh, never, never quail! Ever stand for the right till you over all prevail. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [O stand for the right, whatever be the cost!]

Stand for the Right

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #49 (1903) First Line: Oh, stand for the right, whatever be the cost! Refrain First Line: Stand for the right, stand for the right Lyrics: 1 Oh, stand for the right, whatever be the cost! Victory! victory never must be lost; God is your helper, He will make you true and strong, Ever stand for the right and rejoicing, march along. Chorus: Stand for the right, stand for the right, Stand ever steadfast and true; Oh, stand for the right in the armor of might, And there will be glory for you. 2 Oh, stand for the right, obey the law divine! Steadily, steadily, keeping to the line; If in the conflict you would sing the victors song, In the strength of the Lord you must conquer every wrong. [Chorus] 3 Oh, stand for the right, forgetting all the past, Pressing on, pressing on, glory comes at last! You have the promises, oh, never, never quail! Ever stand for the right till you over all prevail. [Chorus] Topics: Loyalty; Rally Day; Warfare and Victory Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, stand for the right, whatever be the cost!]

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Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "Stand for the Right" in Devotional Songs Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Composer of "[O stand for the right, whatever be the cost!]" in Devotional Songs Pseudonyms Charles C. Ackley (taken from his wife’s name, Clarissa Ackley Cowan) Broughton Edwards Floyd Engle (from his address on Floyd Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Arthur Grantley Bruce Kennedy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton