Christ in Song 35

Bravely Say No!

Words: F. E. B.Music: F. E. Belden

1"And Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.'"—Luke 4: 8. Brave - ly say No! firm-ly say No! Lot - to the temp - tation ye - si stare-ly; brave, Stand like a rock a - gainst the foe, But if the temp - ter comes with a song, Strew-ing with flow'rs the path-way of wrong; Stare - more or - a - mid it all and re - ply, Brave - ly say no!

RefrainBrave - ly say No! Al - ways say No! Je - sus will help you, Brave-ly say No!

2Je - sus will help you con-quer the show; Turn from the temp - ting and brave - ly say No! Watch and be read - y al - ways to go, Nev - er to the voice that calls you a - way; We have too mov - y to keep him with - in, He who will say to the fear-fully No!

Words: F. E. B.
Music: F. E. Belden
Scripture: Luke 4:8

Copyright, 1885, by F. E. Belden, in Bible Object Lessons; and Copyright, 1886, Same, on behalf of Christ in Song. Used by permission of the Intl. Kindergarten and Home-Sch. College

The verse

Meter: 98
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme: A

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Verse 1

"And Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.'"—Luke 4: 8. Brave - ly say No! firm-ly say No! Lot - to the temp - tation ye - si stare-ly; brave, Stand like a rock a - gainst the foe, But if the temp - ter comes with a song, Strew-ing with flow'rs the path-way of wrong; Stare - more or - a - mid it all and re - ply, Brave - ly say no!˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘///˘˘///˘˘/˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘??/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘//˘/??????˘/˘˘//˘/˘98A

Verse 2

Je - sus will help you con-quer the show; Turn from the temp - ting and brave - ly say No! Watch and be read - y al - ways to go, Nev - er to the voice that calls you a - way; We have too mov - y to keep him with - in, He who will say to the fear-fully No!/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/??˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘58A

Refrain

Brave - ly say No! Al - ways say No! Je - sus will help you, Brave-ly say No!/˘/˘///˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘17A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.