Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Let those who bear the Christian name
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 272
Page Number: 256, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLet those who bear the christian name
Their holy vows fulfill;
The saints the followers of the Lamb
Are men of honor still.
True to the solemn oaths they take,
Tho' to their hurt they swear;
Constant and just to all they speak,
For God and angels hear.
Still with their lips their hearts agree,
Nor flattering words devise:
They know the God of truth can see
Thro' every false disguise.
They hate the appearance of a lie,
In all the shapes it wears;
Firm to the truth - and when they die,
Eternal life is theirs.
Lo! From afar the Lord desends,
And brings the judgment down;
He bids his saints his faithful friends,
Rise and possess their crown.
While Satan trembles at the sight,
And devils wish to die,
Where will the faithless hypocrite
And guilty liar fly?