To Christ Be True

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To Christ be loyal and be true

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [To Christ be loyal and be true]
Published in 24 hymnals

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1 To Christ be loyal and be true;
His banner be unfurled,
And borne aloft till is secured
The conquest of the world.

Refrain:
To Christ, the Lord, be true,
For He will go with you,
And help you all your conflicts thro';
To Christ, the Lord, be true.

2 To Christ be loyal and be true;
He needs brave volunteers
To stand against the pow'rs of sin,
Moved not by frowns or fears. [Refrain]

3 To Christ be loyal and be true;
In noble service prove
Your faith or your fidelity,
The fervor of your love. [Refrain]

4 To Christ be loyal and be true,
And He will be your friend,
Defending and protecting you
To life's triumphant end. [Refrain]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #81

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	To Christ be loyal and be true
Title:	To Christ Be True
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	To Christ, the Lord, be true