They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
Isaiah 40:31
Words: Ada R. Greenaway. First used on a calendar in 1908.
Music: Totteridge Sidney H. Nicholson, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1916 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Greenaway (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Rise in the strength of God,
And face life’s uphill way,
The steps which other feet have trod
You tread today.
Press onward, upward still,
To win your way at last,
With better hope and stronger will
Than in the past.
Life’s work more nobly wrought,
Life’s race more bravely run,
Life’s daily conflict faced and fought,
Life’s duty done.