Show I BE STRONG Be strong to bear 0 heart Of mine Faint not When sorrows come The summits of these hills of earth Tenth the blue skies of home So many burdened ones there are Close journeying by thy side Assist encourage comfort them Thine own deep sorrow hide What though thy trials may seem great Thy strength is known to God And pathways steep and rugged lead To pastures green and broad Be strong to love 0 heart of mine Live not for self alone But find in blessing other lives Completeness for thine own Seek every hungering heart to feed Bach saddened heart to cheer And where stern justlc stands aloof In pity draw ttoou near Kind loving words and helping hands Have won more souls for heaven Than all the dogmas and the creeds By priests and sages given Be Strong to hope 0 heart of mine Look not on lifes dark side For just beyond these gloomy hours Rich TOdiort days abide Let hope like summers rainbow bright Scatter thy falling tears And let Gods precious promises Dispel thy anxious fenrs For every grief a Lethe comes For every toil a rear So hope so love st patient bear God doeth all things best Womankind I |