The Prisoner of Love By F. W. Orde Ward (F. Harald Wiliams) |
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LOSING AND SAVING |
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March 12 LOSING AND SAVING
“Fear not: jor they that be with us are more than they that
be with them.”—2 Kings vi. 16.
O if we always love the good,
Yet stand upon the losing side
Where martyrs have before us stood,
And scorn the vulgar baits of pride;
Then shall we never know retreat,
Though suffering wrong and sore defeat.
Yet stand upon the losing side
Where martyrs have before us stood,
And scorn the vulgar baits of pride;
Then shall we never know retreat,
Though suffering wrong and sore defeat.
If we still walk the narrow way
And stumble on the cruel stone,
Which telleth us to pause and pray,
While pilgrims are we left alone;
When we seem vanquished in the fight,
We must be victors for the right.
And stumble on the cruel stone,
Which telleth us to pause and pray,
While pilgrims are we left alone;
When we seem vanquished in the fight,
We must be victors for the right.
If we have not a helper near
And danger daily hems us round,
While everywhere some foe or fear
Encroacheth on our holiest ground;
Ah, though we suffer grimly thus,
The awful odds are yet with us.
And danger daily hems us round,
While everywhere some foe or fear
Encroacheth on our holiest ground;
Ah, though we suffer grimly thus,
The awful odds are yet with us.
If Heaven looks veiled and shadows fall
Upon the heart and cloud the sight,
Or weakness garrisons our wall
And darkness is the only light;
Though drifting hopeless with the tide,
We must be winners on God's side.
Upon the heart and cloud the sight,
Or weakness garrisons our wall
And darkness is the only light;
Though drifting hopeless with the tide,
We must be winners on God's side.
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