Bible Songs — Temperance Songs

Dare to be a Daniel

Standing by a purpose true,

No. 1385
Tune DARE TO BE A DANIEL.
Words P. P. B.
Music P. P. Bliss.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/4
4 stanzas

Words

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Standing by a purpose true,Heeding God's command,Honor them, the faithful few,All hail to Daniel's band!

Chorus.

Dare to be a Daniel,Dare to stand alone!Dare to have a purpose firm!Dare to make it known!

Many mighty men are lost,Daring not to stand,Who for God had been a hostBy joining Daniel's band!

Many giants great and tall,Stalking thro' the land,Headlong to the earth would fallIf met by Daniel's band!

Hold the temp'rance banner high!On to vict'ry grand!Satan and his host defy,And shout for Daniel's band!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1385» (large) at the left, title «DARE TO BE A DANIEL.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); under it the epigraph in two centred lines, «"But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor / with the wine which he drank."—Dan. 1 : 8.» (old-style figure 1; the thin spaces around the colon closed up); «P. P. B.» (the words) at the left and «P. P. BLISS.» (the music, capitals and small capitals) at the right above system 1; «By permission The John Church Co.» centred under the music, folio «593» below it (signature mark «38» at the left). No meter, no tune name other than the title, no tempo word, no reference line. The four stanzas are interlinear under the melody staff of systems 1–2, numbered «1.»–«4.» in system 1; «CHORUS.» (bold capitals) heads system 3, whose one line of words (in a smaller condensed bold type) is sung after every stanza. Each printed line of words carries two verse lines; the verse lines are given here one per line, by the rhymes (true/few, command/band; lost/host, stand/band; tall/fall, land/band; high/defy, grand/band) and the capitals that open them. The print sets a thin space before «!»; it is closed up here. Words divided under the notes are joined («Stand - ing», «pur - pose», «Heed - ing», «com-mand», «Hon - or», «faith - ful», «Dan - iel's», «Ma - ny», «might - y», «Dar - ing», «join - ing», «gi - ants», «Stalk - ing», «Head - long», «tem-p'rance», «ban - ner», «vic - t'ry», «Sa - tan», «de - fy», «Dan - iel», «a - lone», «pur-pose»). Elisions and apostrophes as printed, written straight («God's», «thro'», «temp'rance», «vict'ry», «Daniel's»).