Never Give Up the Right Way

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1 Never give up the right way,
’Twill bright­en by and by;
In ev­ery time of trial,
The bless­èd Lord is nigh;
Tho’ ev­il coun­sels dark­en,
And ev­il pas­sions try,

Refrain:
Never give up the right way,
’Twill bright­en by and by.
Never give up, nev­er give up,
Never give up the right way,
’Twill bright­en by and by.

2 Never give up the right way,
Tho’ nar­row, steep and straight,
For at the end is shin­ing
The Gold­en Ci­ty’s gate;
And so, if sor­rows dark­en,
And self­ish plea­sures fly, [Refrain]

3 Never give up the right way,
Tho’ tempte­d oft and long,
Remember who is near thee,
With hand so kind and strong;
Whatever then may dark­en,
Whatever fade and die, [Refrain]


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16572

Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line: Never give up the right way
Title: Never Give Up the Right Way
Author: George F. Root
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Never give up
Copyright: Public Domain

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