Worship — Closing Hymns
Be perfect; holiness pursue
- No. 264
- Metre C. M.
- Tune ROSE.
- Words Anon.
- Music Unknown.
- Key D major
- Time 4/4
- 3 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenBe perfect; holiness pursue;
In love be sure to dwell;
And God through Christ will comfort you;
So, brethren, all farewell.
Be of one mind; give God your hearts,
And of his mercies tell,
Which he through grace to you imparts;
So, brethren, all farewell.
Now live in peace and holy fear;
In love strive to excel;
For Christ, our King, will soon appear;
So, brethren, all farewell.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: hymn number «264» (large), tune name «ROSE. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals) — the composer of the tune is printed as unknown. Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Be»; under the staves «perfect;» is printed as one word under two notes, «ho-li - ness», «pur-sue;», «com - fort», «breth - ren,» / «breth-ren,» and «fare - well» are hyphenated. The music sings the last line twice: under the staves it reads «So, breth - ren, all fare - well, So, breth-ren, all fare - well.» (first time with a comma, second time with a period); the stanzas below are printed with the line once. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «27, 201, 395.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 27, 201 or 395). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;» («mind ;», «imparts ;», «fear ;», «excel ;», «appear ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — Closing Hymns · No. 264 · printed page 87
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01
