Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The captive's oar may pause upon the galley
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 894
Page Number: 530, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe captive's oar may pause upon the galley,
The soldier sleep beneath his plumed crest,
And peace may fold her wing o'er hill and valley,
But thou, O Christian! must not take thy rest.
Wilt thou find rest of soul in thy returning
To that old path thou hast so vainly trod!
Hast thou forgotten all thy weary yearning
To walk among the children of thy God?
Canst thou forget thy Christian superscription-
Behold we count them happy which endure?
What treasure wouldst thou, in the land Egyptian,
Repass the stormy waters to secure?
And God will come in his own time and power,
To set his hearnest-hearted children free;
Watch only through this dark and painful hour,
And the bright morning yet will break for thee!