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O do not be discouraged, For Jesus is your friend, O do not be discouraged

Author: John A. Granade
Tune: [O, do not be discouraged] (Bradbury)
Published in 105 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Oh, do not be discouraged,
For Jesus is your Friend!
Oh, do not be discouraged,
For Jesus is your Friend!
He will give you grace to conquer,
He will give you grace to conquer,
And keep you to the end.

Refrain:
I am glad I'm in this army,
Yes, I'm glad I'm in this army,
Yes, I'm glad I'm in this army,
And I'll battle for the school.

2 Fight on, ye little soldiers,
The battle you shall win;
Fight on, ye little soldiers,
The battle you shall win;
For the Saviour is your Captain,
For the Saviour is your Captain,
And he has vanquished sin. [Refrain]

3 And when the conflict's over,
Before him you shall stand;
And when the conflict's over,
Before him you shall stand;
You shall sing his praise for ever,
You shall sing his praise for ever,
In Canaan's happy land. [Refrain]

Source: Calvary Songs #109b

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Author: John A. Granade

Born: 1770, New Bern County, North Carolina. Died: December 6, 1807, Sumner County, Tennessee. After a period of desperate depression, Granade came to Christ in 1800 at a Presbyterian camp meeting at Desha’s Creek, Sumner County, Tennessee. Ordained a Methodist circuit riding preacher, Granade was referred to by the Nashville Banner as the "wild man of Goose Creek" (Sumner County, Tennessee) and was also variously known as "the poet of the backwoods" and "the Wild Man of Holston." Granade worked in part in the world of shape-note singing in the Shenandoah Valley, where a variety of musical sources, both sacred and profane, were at play. His works include: Pilgrim’s Songster (Lexington, Kentucky: 1804) --www.hymntime.com/tc… Go to person page >

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	O do not be discouraged, For Jesus is your friend, O do not be discouraged
Title:	The Sunday School Army
Author:	John A. Granade
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'm glad I'm in this army
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

[O, do not be discouraged] (Bradbury)

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Timeline

Page Scans

Junior Hymns (1914), p.56

Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 105)

A Collection of Sabbath School Hymns #6

A Companion to the Canadian Sunday School Harp #56

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a281

American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa281

Anniversary and Sabbath School Hymns; or The Child's Sunday School Music Book #d64

Anniversary and Sabbath School Hymns #72

Anniversary Hymns #d54

Baptist Harmony #d163

Book of Praise for the Sunday School #113[187]

Bradbury's Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #27

Bright Jewels for the Sunday School #155.6

Calvary Songs #109b

Calvary Songs for Sunday School & Families. Words ed. #d118

Chapel Treasures (Christ Chapel Sabbath-School, Lebanon, PA) #257

Children's Praise #d103

Christian Songs #79b

Dew Drops of Sacred Song #124e

Faith and Hope Hymns #d63

Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #122b

Glad Tidings #d61

Greatest and Lasting Hymns #d220

Happy Voices #d135

Heavenly Echoes #d83

Hymns for Sabbath School Use #d23

Hymns for Sunday Schools #A26

Hymns for the use of the Sabbath School of the Second Reformed Church, Albany N. Y. #14a

Hymns for the Use of the Sunday School of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Jersey City #d102

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d188

Junior Hymns #55

Lasting Hymns #303

Maynard's Sabbath School Echo. 6th ed. of Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns, with an Appendix #d151

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d130

Musical Leaves for Sabbath Schools #d82

New Standard Singer #d161

New Standard Singer, Pt. 1-7 #d163

Oriola #d161

Oriola #d162

Palmer's Sabbath School Songs #26b

Plymouth Sabbath School Collection #52

Popular Hymns Number 3 #220

Praise to Jesus #d56

Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #140

Sacred Melodies #d85

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d335

Salvation Army Songs #603

Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d82

Select Hymns for the use of the Mission School of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church #d67

Select Songs for the Singing Service #238

Select Songs for the Sunday School #238

Song Life for Sunday Schools #d133

Songs for Little Folks #83

Songs for the Sabbath School and Vestry #49

Songs for Worship #156b

Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #620

Songs of Praise #d77

Sunday School Hymn Book #d293

The Alleluia #66

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d538

The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #281

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book No. 1-5 #d121

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book Nos. 1 and 2 with additions #d37

The Association Hymn Book #d86

The Canadian Sunday School Harp #d106

The Canadian Warbler #d104

The Chautauqua Collection #13.187

The Christian Harp and Sabbath School Songster #74

The Clariona #d147

The Confederate Sunday School Hymn Book #d83

The Eolian Harp #d80

The Evergreen #d68

The Golden Promise #d74

The Highway Hymnal (Revised edition) #250

The Highway Hymnal #250

The Hymns of "Happy Voices" (without music) #d136

The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #27

The New Sabbath School Hosanna #46

The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #106

The Sabbath Chimes #d186

The Sabbath School Bell #29

The Sabbath School Gem #d64

The Sabbath School Hosanna #d120

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d191

The Sabbath School Minstrel #118

The Sabbath School Timbrel ... On the Same Notation as "The Timbrel of Zion" #d54

The Saint John's Church Sunday School Hymn Book #d75

The Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d31

The Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d65

The Salvation Soldiers' Song Book #256

The Select Hymn and Song Book #d215

The Shining Star #89

The Silver Spray #ad39

The Silver Spray #d39

The Silver Spray #d100

The Singing Pilgrim #d129

The Song Victor for the Sunday School and Public School Use #71b

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d609

The Southern Zion's Songster #d69

The Standard Sunday School Hymnal #271

The Sunday-School Music Book #9

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d251

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