Be True to God

Keep faith­ful­ly the pro­mise thou

Hast made in con­fir­ma­tion;

Make in thy life this sac­red vow

Thy bul­wark and foun­da­tion.

Remember that God pro­mised hath

In thy bap­tis­mal hour

To lead and guard and thee award

A fa­ther’s love for­ev­er.

Be true to God

let trou­ble not

Nor cross thee from Him sev­er;

If He’s thy Fa­ther and thy God

Canst thou then have it bet­ter?

This high­est good gives hap­py mood

Hast thou His grace and plea­sure;

O hap­py soul

then hast thou more

Than Heav’n and earth can mea­sure.

Be true to God

what­ev­er be

Your call or rank or sta­tion;

What harm can come

if on­ly He

Has thee in His pro­tect­ion?

A fort­ress is His bless­èd grace

’Gainst world and sin and de­vil

His stan­dard can mis­lead no man

But shields from ev­ery ev­il.

Be true to God

con­fess His name

His Word thou hear and hon­or;

Be stead­fast

let no fear nor fame

Nor place af­fect this man­ner.

The world will have its dust and chaff;

They shall to­ge­ther per­ish

But God’s own Word shall still go forth

And with­out fail­ure flour­ish.