Stand fast in the Lord.
Philippians 4:1
Words: Walter J. Mathams, 1913. Mathams wrote this hymn at the request of the World Convention of the Christian Endeavor Society, at Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Music: St. Paul (Storer) Henry J. Storer, 1896 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good photo of Storer (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Stand fast for Christ thy Savior!
Stand fast whate’er betide!
Keep thou the Faith, unstained, unshamed,
By keeping at His side;
Be faithful, ever faithful,
Where’er thy lot be cast,
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Stand fast for Christ thy Savior!
Stand faithful to the last!
Strong founded like a lighthouse,
That stands the storm and shock,
So be thy soul as if it shared
The granite of the rock.
Then far beyond the breakers
Let thy calm light be cast,
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Stout-hearted like a soldier,
Who never leaves the fight,
But meets the foeman face to face
And meets him with his might,
So bear thee in thy battles
Until the war be past,
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Stand fast for Christ thy Savior!
He once stood fast for thee,
And standeth still, and still shall stand
For all eternity;
Be faithful, O be faithful,
To love so true, so vast,
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