Look Unto Him and Be True

My boy, the wide world is before you

Author: J. H. Sammis
Tune: [My boy, the wide world is before you]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: J. H. Sammis

John H. Sammis was born in Brooklyn. He moved to Logansport, Indiana when ye was 22, where he was converted to Christianity. He was active in the Y.M.C.A., serving as secretary for the Terre Haute Association and later becoming State Secretary. After this, he studied at Lane and McCormack seminaries and was ordained in the Presbyterian church at Glidden, Iowa. He also pastored churches in Indianapolis, Grand Haven, MI, Red Wing and St. Paul, Minn. In 1909 he became associated with the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He wrote more that 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My boy, the wide world is before you
Title: Look Unto Him and Be True
Author: J. H. Sammis
Language: English
Refrain First Line: My boy, never yield to temptation
Copyright: Public Domain

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