Be Strong!

 

"What then shall we say to all these things?   

If God is for us, who can be successful against us?"

Romans 8:31

Reverend Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Be Strong!

We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;

We have hard work to do and loads to lift;

Shun not the struggle-face it; 'tis God's gift.

Be Strong!

Say not, "The days are evil. Who's to blame?"

And fold the hands and acquiesce-oh, shame!

Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name.

Be Strong!

It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,

How hard the battle goes, the day how long;

Faint not-fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.

"Be Strong!"
Maltbie Davenport Babcock
(1858-1901)
American clergyman and hymn writer

"Committed myself again with Christian brothers
to unreserved docility and devotion before my Master."

(This inscription was found on the fly leaf of
Reverend Babcock's pocket Bible after his death.)