111 | The Hymnal#112 | 113a |
Text: | Breast the wave, Christian |
Author: | Joseph Stammers |
Tune: | FORTITUDE |
Composer: | William C. Filby |
Breast the wave, Christian,
When it is strongest;
Watch for day, Christian,
When the night's longest;
Onward and onward still
Be thine endeavour;
The rest that remaineth
Will be for ever.
Fight the fight, Christian,
Jesus is o'er thee;
Run the race, Christian,
Heaven is before thee;
He who hath promised
Faltereth never;
The love of eternity
Flows on for ever.
Lift thine eye, Christian,
Just as it closeth;
Raise thy heart, Christian,
Ere it reposeth;
Thee from the love of Christ
Nothing shall sever;
And, when thy work is done,
Praise him for ever.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Breast the wave, Christian |
Author: | Joseph Stammers (1830, alt.) |
Meter: | 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Septuagesima; Sunday Schools: General Use; Sunday Schools: Lent(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FORTITUDE |
Composer: | William C. Filby (1874) |
Meter: | 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 |
Incipit: | 56531 67153 56553 |
Key: | A♭ Major |