I Am Determined to Hold Out

When I first found Je­sus

Something o’er me stole

Like light­ning it went through me

And glo­ry filled my soul;

Salvation made me hap­py

And took my fears away

And when I meet old Sa­tan

To him I al­ways say:

I am de­ter­mined to hold out to the end

Jesus is with me

on Him I can de­pend;

And I know I have sal­va­tion

For I feel it in my soul;

I am de­ter­mined to hold out to the end.

Satan

he was an­gry

Said he’d soon be back:

Just let the path get nar­row

And he will lose the track;

But I’m so full of glo­ry

My Lord I al­ways find

And I just say to Sa­tan

Old man

get thee be­hind.

This old-time re­li­gion

Makes me some­times shout

I don’t have time to gos­sip

Nor any time to pout;

They say that I’m too noi­sy

But when these bless­ings flow

I shout

O hal­le­lu­jah

I want the world to know.

When I hear the trum­pet

Sounding in the sky

And see the mount­ains trem­bling

To Heav­en I will fly;

For Je­sus will be call­ing

There’ll be no time to mend

With joy I’ll go up sing­ing

I’ve held out to the end.