Bible Songs — Temperance Songs

Yield not to Temptation

No. 1382
Tune YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION.
Words H. R. Palmer.
Music H. R. Palmer, by per.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 6/8
3 stanzas

Words

Yield not to temptation,For yielding is sin,Each vict'ry will help youSome other to win;Fight manfully onward,Dark passions subdue,Look ever to Jesus,He'll carry you through.

Chorus.

Ask the Saviour to help you,Comfort, strengthen, and keep you;He is willing to aid you,He will carry you through.

Shun evil companions,Bad language disdain,God's name hold in rev'rence,Nor take it in vain;Be thoughtful and earnest,Kind-hearted and true,Look ever to Jesus,He'll carry you through.

To him that o'ercomethGod giveth a crown,Through faith we shall conquer,Though often cast down;He who is our Saviour,Our strength will renew,Look ever to Jesus,He'll carry you through.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1382» (large, left), title «YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials: «Yield not to Temptation.»); under it the epigraph on one centred line, «"God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able."—1 Cor. 10 : 13.» (old-style figures); then «H. R. PALMER.» at the left (words) and «H. R. PALMER, by per.» at the right (music; «by per.» in lower-case roman), capitals and small capitals; no meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line, no running head, no copyright line; the page number «590» under the music. The three stanzas are interlinear, three lines between the staves of systems 1–3, numbered «1.»–«3.» in system 1; each stanza has eight short verse lines (6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5 syllables), each beginning with a capital; they are given here as the verse lines of the poem. «CHORUS.» (bold capitals) stands over the treble at the start of system 4; the chorus words are printed once, one line under systems 4–5, four short lines each beginning with a capital. Syllable hyphens are joined («temp-ta-tion», «vic-t'ry», «oth-er», «man-ful-ly», «on-ward», «pas-sions», «sub-due», «com-pan-ions», «dis-dain», «rev-'rence», «earn-est», «o'er-com-eth», «giv-eth», «con-quer», «oft-en», «Sav-iour», «re-new», «ev-er», «Je-sus», «car-ry», «Com-fort», «will-ing»); «Kind-heart-ed» keeps its compound hyphen («Kind-hearted»). The print sets «yielding», «language», «thoughtful» and «strengthen,» unbroken under two notes. The print sets a thin space before «;» («win ;», «vain ;», «down ;», «you ;») and «:» («10 : 13»); it is closed up here; apostrophes and quotes are written straight («t'ry», «God's», «'rence», «o'er», «He'll»).