Scripture Verse

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2:10

Introduction

Words: A. T. Gor­ham, in The Chris­tian Lyre, ed­it­ed by Jo­shua Lea­vitt (New York: Jo­na­than Lea­vitt, 1830).

Music: Nie­der­sach­sen A. T. Gor­ham (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Gor­ham’s full name, or where to get a good pic­ture of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

I’ll try to prove faith­ful, dear Sav­ior,
Thy pre­cepts to love and obey,
And ear­nest­ly seek in Thy vine­yard,
To la­bor while yet there is day;
The blood of Thy pre­cious atone­ment
Doth cleanse even sin­ners like me,
So I’ll try to prove faith­ful, dear Sav­ior,
I’ll try to prove faith­ful to Thee.

I’ll try to prove faith­ful, dear Sav­ior,
And shun the temp­ta­tions of sin,
For vain are its gild­ed al­lure­ments,
When ho­ly peace dwell­eth with­in;
The pow­er of Thy life giv­ing Spi­rit,
My bul­wark and fort­ress shall be,
And I’ll try to prove faith­ful, dear Sav­ior,
I’ll try to prove faith­ful to Thee.

I’ll try to prove faith­ful, dear Sav­ior,
Tho’ sha­dows my way ov­er­cast;
Life’s tri­als are but for a moment—
Thy hea­ven for­ev­er shall last;
There dwell­ing in glo­ry su­per­nal,
My home with the an­gels shall be;
So I’ll try to prove faith­ful, dear Sav­ior,
I’ll try to prove faith­ful to Thee.