1 Down-hearted and discouraged,
Does ev’ry home seem vain?
One word of loving counsel:
Take heart and try again!
Refrain:
Try again, try again!
The morn of blessing follows after weary nights of pain;
Try again, try again!
Begin anew, take courage; don’t give up, try again!
2 Tho oft you have endeavor’d
To break temptation’s chain,
Do not despair, but bravely
For freedom try again! [Refrain]
3 Art worsted in the conflict?
Surrender not nor quail;
Next time you may be victor
And in God’s name prevail! [Refrain]
4 Perhaps in climbing upward
To heights thou would attain,
Thy feet have slipp’d or stumbled—
Rise up, and try again! [Refrain]
5 If you give o’er the struggle
And never seek to rise,
Then all is lost for ever—
You cannot gain the prize. [Refrain]
6 God sends the blessed sunshine
To clear the skies of rain;
Behold the bow of promise!
Look up, and try again. [Refrain]
7 He’ll straighten out life’s tangles,
The darkness shall be plain;
Where you have fail’d He’ll pardon,
But you must try again. [Refrain]
Source: Songs of Summerland #20
Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC.
Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include:
Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904)
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