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When Your Life Rings True

Does your life ring out for Jesus with a note of cheer

Author: A. Printzlan Bowen
Tune: [Does your life ring out for Jesus with a note of cheer]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Does your life ring out for Jesus with a note of cheer,
Telling to the world He daily grows more dear;
It will vibrate thro’ the distance with His love for you,
And come back a joyous echo, when your life rings true.

Refrain:
When your life rings true,
When your life rings true,
There will be an echo, coming back to you;
When your life rings true,
When your life rings true;
There will be an echo, when your life rings true.

2 You may think the world ignores you as you pass along,
Caring nothing for your stand against the wrong;
But no matter what your station, or what you may do,
Worldly friends are quick to know it, when your life rings true. [Refrain]

3 You may never know that you have help’d someone to win,
In the struggle for the vict’ry over sin;
You may never see the fruit of loving deeds you do,
But there is an echo somewhere, when your life rings true [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #333

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Author: A. Printzlan Bowen

Born: Ap­ril 22, 1880, Mar­ble­head, Mass­a­chu­setts. Died: No­vem­ber 10, 1947, Wil­son Me­mor­i­al Hos­pi­tal, John­son City, New York. Buried: Ri­ver­hurst Cem­e­tery, End­well, New York. Born to Da­nish im­mi­grant par­ents, Bowen was known as a po­et and church lead­er. She be­longed to the First Meth­od­ist Church in En­di­cott, New York, and taught Sun­day school class­es for 50 years. Lyrics: Does Your Life Ring Out for Je­sus? I Can­not See the Way He Leads On That Great Day of Judg­ment Sing Me the Song of Re­dem­ption Someone Be­held Me, a Soul Lost in Sin There’s a Mes­s­age Com­ing Clear When I Can­not See the Sun­light When Je­sus C… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Does your life ring out for Jesus with a note of cheer
Title: When Your Life Rings True
Author: A. Printzlan Bowen
Language: English
Refrain First Line: When your life rings true
Copyright: Public Domain
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