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Text:"Backward never looking"
Author:Godfrey Thring

322. "Backward never looking"

1 Nearer, ever nearer,
Christ, we draw to thee,
Deep in adoration
Bending low the knee:
Thou for our redemption
Cam'st on earth to die;
Thou, that we might follow,
Hast gone up on high.

2 Onward, ever onward,
Journeying o'er the road
Worn by saints before us,
Journeying on to God:
Leaving all behind us
May we hasten on,
Backward never looking
Till the prize is won.

3 Higher then and higher
Bear the ransomed soul,
Earthly toils forgotten,
Saviour, to its goal;
Where in joys unthought of
Saints with angels sing,
Never weary raising
Praises to their King.

Text Information
First Line: Nearer, ever nearer
Title: "Backward never looking"
Author: Godfrey Thring
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Conflict With Sin; Backsliding; Christians: Conflicts
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