I’ve found the sec­ret of suc­cess,
’Tis hold­ing, ’tis hold­ing on;
The way to ev­ery bless­ed­ness,
’Tis hold­ing, ’tis hold­ing on;
Our war­fare may be hard and fierce,
Oft Sa­tan’s ar­rows wound and pierce,
But still we get more smiles than tears
By hold­ing on, by hold­ing on.

Have you your fight­ing just be­gun?
Keep hold­ing on, keep hold­ing on;
The hard­est bat­tles have been won
By hold­ing on, by hold­ing on.
Though you may meet with run­aways
Who mourn their weak­ness half their days,
Yet you can gain eter­nal praise
By hold­ing on, by hold­ing on.

If full sal­va­tion you would gain,
Keep hold­ing on, keep hold­ing on;
To con­quer sins that bring you pain,
Keep hold­ing on, keep hold­ing on.
God loves to give the bet­ter part,
Not un­to those who only start,
But those who seek with all their heart,
And then in faith keep hold­ing on.