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Faint, Yet Pursuing

Author: George Lansing Taylor

Taylor, George Lansing, D.D., born at Skaneateles, N.Y., Feb. 13, 1835, graduated at Columbia College, 1861, D.D. from Syracuse, 1876. Entered the Methodist Episcopal Ministry in 1862. His hymn, "Dare to do right! dare to be true" (Christian Courage), appeared anonymously in W. B. Bradbury's Golden Censer, 1864; and Bradbury's Clarion, 1867, as by "Rev. Geo. Lansing Taylor." In the Sunday School Hymnary , 1905 [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line: "Faint, faint, yet pursuing," rose Gideon's band
Title: Faint, Yet Pursuing
Author: George Lansing Taylor
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Then, "faint yet pursuing," press onward today
Copyright: Public Domain
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