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| Text: | Breast the wave, Christian |
| Tune: | VICTORY |
| Composer (melody): | R. B. Lockwood |
1 Breast the wave, Christian,
When it is strongest;
Watch for day, Christian,
When the night's longest;
Onward and onward still
Be thine endeavor:
The rest that remaineth
Shall be forever.
2 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.
3 Lift the eye, Christian,
Just as it closeth;
Raise thy heart, Christian,
Ere it reposeth.
Thee from the love of Christ
Nothing shall sever,
Mount when thy work is done,
Praise him for ever.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Breast the wave, Christian |
| Publication Date: | 1870 |
| Notes: | Tune for 243 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | VICTORY |
| Composer (melody): | R. B. Lockwood |
| Key: | C Major |
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