Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Breast the wave Christian when it is strongest
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> Staughton
Composer:
Meter: 10s and 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 895
Page Number: 531, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBreast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest;
Watch for day, Christian, when night is longest;
Onward and upward still be thine endeavor;
The rest that remaineth endureth forever.
Fight the fight, Christian; Jesus is o'er thee;
Run the race, Christian, heaven is before thee;
He who hath promised faltereth never;
O, trust in the love that endureth for ever.
Lift the eye, Christian, just as it closeth;
Raise the heart, Christian, ere it reposeth;
Thee from the love of Christ nothing shall sever;
Mount, when the work is done-praise God for ever!