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Text:Be strong!
Author:Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock
Tune:SONG 24
Composer:Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

488. Be strong!

1 Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle, face it, ’tis God’s gift.

2 Be strong!
Say not the days are evil— who’s to blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce— O shame!
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God’s Name.

3 Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day, how long;
Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Be strong!
Author: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock (1901)
Meter: 2. 10. 10. 10.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: Special Seasons and Services: Schools and Colleges; Citizenship, Christian; Colleges and Schools (5 more...)
Copyright: Words from "Thoughts for Every-Day Living." Copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Tune Information
Name: SONG 24
Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Meter: 2. 10. 10. 10.
Key: e minor
Notes: Arr. from Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)



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