Yield not to temptation

Yield not to temptation. Horatio Richmond Palmer* (1834-1907). First published in The National Sunday School Teachers’ Magazine (1868), and in Palmer's Sabbath School Songs in the same year, this achieved wide circulation in hundreds of American and Canadian hymnals, and is still used in many books, especially those designed for young people. It is found in Britain in Scottish and in Irish books (Church Hymnary, 1898, RCH, CH3, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5). It was included in other British books such as BHB and The Song Book of the Salvation Army (1953 and 1986 editions). The tune, sometimes given the name FORTITUDE, was by Palmer. It had three stanzas with a refrain, beginning ‘Ask the Saviour to...