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==General Information==
Words and music: [[Horatio Richmond Palmer]] (1834 - 1907), 1887

==Compilations==
* #136 (page 101) in [[Gospel Hymns No. 5, 1887]]

==Lyrics==
1. You're starting, my boy, on life's journey,<br>
Along the grand highway of life;<br>
You'll meet with a thousand temptations -<br>
Each city with evil is rife.<br>
This world is a stage of excitement,<br>
There is danger wherever you go;<br>
But if you are tempted in weakness,<br>
Have courage, my boy, to say No!

<i>Chorus</i><br>
||: Have courage, my boy, to say No! :||<br>
||: Have courage, my boy, :||<br>
Have courage, my boy, to say No!

2. In courage alone lies your safety,<br>
When you the long journey begin;<br>
Your trust in a heavenly Father<br>
Will keep you unspotted from sin.<br>
Temptations will go on increasing,<br>
As streams from a rivulet flow;<br>
But if you'd be true to your manhood,<br>
Have courage, my boy, to say No!

3. Be careful in choosing companions,<br>
Seek only the brave and the true;<br>
And stand by your friends when in trial,<br>
Ne'er changing the old for the new;<br>
And when by false friends you are tempted<br>
The taste of the wine cup to know,<br>
With firmness, with patience and kindness,<br>
Have courage, my boy, to say No!

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