Text: | Striving Onward, Pressing Forward |
Translator: | J. H. Horstmann |
Tune: | STRIVING |
1 Striving onward, pressing forward,
Life divine to gain,
We will ever make endeavor
Until we attain;
What detains we’ll cast aside,
By that promise to abide:
Who endureth, life secureth,
And the prize shall gain.
2 While contending, and withstanding
For the truth and right;
Draw us nearer, show us clearer,
Lord, Thy Spirit’s might;
Let Thy word its strength impart
To each sad and yearning heart;
Praise abounding shall be sounding,
At Thy throne of light.
3 In the sorrow which the morrow
May around us roll,
Hold us ever, leave us never,
Save, O save the soul!
Through temptation’s daily strife,
Through the vanities of life,
Lead us onward, forward, upward,
To our glorious goal.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Striving onward, pressing forward |
Title: | Striving Onward, Pressing Forward |
Translator: | J. H. Horstmann (1908) |
Meter: | 8, 5, 8, 5, ,7, 7, 8, 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1921 |
Topic: | Forward; Steadfastness; Courage and Loyalty |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | STRIVING |
Meter: | 8, 5, 8, 5, ,7, 7, 8, 5 |
Source: | Old Chorale |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |