Never Be Afraid

Never be afraid to speak for Jesus, Think how much a word can do

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [Never be afraid to speak for Jesus] (Bradbury)
Published in 73 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Never be afraid to speak for Jesus,
Think how much a word can do;
Never be afraid to own your Saviour,
He who loves and cares for you.

Chorus:
Never be afraid, never be afraid,
Never, never, never,
Jesus is your loving Saviour,
Therefore never be afraid.

2 Never be afraid to work for Jesus,
In his vineyard day by day;
Labor with a kind and willing spirit,
He will all your toil repay. [Chorus]

3 Never be afraid to bear for Jesus,
Keen reproaches when they fall.
Patiently endure your every trial,
Jesus meekly bore them all. [Chorus]

4 Never be afraid to live for Jesus;
If you on his care depend,
Safely shall you pass through every trial,
He will bring you to the end. [Chorus]

5 Never be afraid to die for Jesus;
He the life, the truth, the way,
Gently in his arms of love will bear,
To the realms of endless day. [Chorus]

Source: The Little Seraph: in seven character notes, for churches and Sunday-schools #124b

Author: Fanny Crosby

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Text Information

First Line: Never be afraid to speak for Jesus, Think how much a word can do
Title: Never Be Afraid
Author: Fanny Crosby
Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Never be afraid, never be afraid
Copyright: Public Domain

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Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d170

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Best Hymns No. 4 #96

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #111[178]

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Bright Jewels for the Sunday School #155.7

Brightest and Best #d95

Chapel and Family Hymn Book #d97

Cherub Choir #d17

Children's Hymns and Songs #d71

Christ in Song #d373

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Christian Songs #8

Christian Work-songs #d124

Crusade Songs #d44

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De Ungas Sångbok #256

Golden Censer #d57

Gospel Hymns #d350

Gospel Music #d87

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Gospel Music #156

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #84

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #84

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Hymns for First-Day Schools (Rev. and Enl.) #147

Hymns for the Use of the Sunday School of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Jersey City #d97

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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #53

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Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern #261

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Junior Hymns #90

Let Everybody Sing #d154

Little Branches No. 5 #d24

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Melodious Praise #127

Our Treasury of Song, for Use in the Emmanuel Baptist Church #d167

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #258

Popular Hymns No. 3 #d131

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Precious Hymns #210

Pure Gold for the Sunday School #d86

Rainbow Songs #d80

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #692

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Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #120

Sacred Selections #d105

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d311

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Salvation Army Music #232

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Salvation Army Songs #436

Selected Songs #d73

Selected Sunday School Songs #d114

Sing Hosannas (a revised and enlarged ed. of Let Everybody Sing) #d172

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Songs for Little Folks #80

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #617

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Songs of Grace and Glory #365

Songs of Praise #d69

Songs of Trust and Triumph No. 1 #d52

Songs of Trust and Triumph No. 3 #d108

Spiritual Songs #d154

Sunday School Joy Bells #d72

Sweet Songs #d27

The Association Hymn Book #d83

The Bible Harp #d166

The Book of Worship #d335

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The Bright Array #120

The Clariona #d139

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The Cyber Hymnal #4521

The Gospel Alarm #d101

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #1036

The King in His Beauty #d128

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The King's Message #139

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The Little Seraph #124b

The Little Sunbeam #d42

The New and Living Way, Burning Bush Songs No. 5 #d50

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #T124b

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The New Golden Censer #20

The Silver Spray #d78

The Silver Spray #d96

The Singing Pilgrim #d125

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d574

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Voices of Praise #177

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Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #170

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