Scripture Verse

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. Mark 12:17

Introduction

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Eden R. Latta (1839–1915)

Words: Ed­en R. Lat­ta, in Tem­per­ance Jew­els, ed­it­ed by John H. Ten­ney & Eli­sha A. Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1879).

Music: Times Square Frank M. Da­vis (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Frank M. Davis (1839–1896)

Lyrics

Live for Je­sus, O my bro­ther,
His dis­ci­ple ever be;
Render not to any oth­er,
What alone the Lord’s should be.

Refrain

Live for Je­sus, live for Je­sus;
Give Him all thou hast to give;
On the cross the world’s Re­deem­er
Gave His life that Thou mightst live.

Live for Je­sus, wan­der­ing sin­ner,
Under Sa­tan serve no more;
Of the pro­mised prize a win­ner
Thou may’st be, when life is o’er.

Refrain

Live for Je­sus in life’s morn­ing;
At the noon­tide hour be His;
And at eve, when day is turn­ing,
And in­her­it end­less bliss.

Refrain