"When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts." Acts 11:23
Words: Howard Arnold Walter, 1906 (verses 1-3); Samuel Ralph Harlow (verses 4-6), circa 1918.
Walter wrote this hymn while living in Japan. He sent it to his mother, who forwarded it to Harper's Magazine, which published it. Ralph Harlow's daughter Ruth Harlow Berman wrote:
My father was a friend of Howard Walter-and after Mr. Walter's death, he had a dream in which Mr. Walter told him that he had three more verses he would like added to his hymn "I Would Be True."
Music: Joseph Yates Peek, 1911
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"Intercessor," Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Joseph Peek (1843-1911) was a Methodist lay minister.