Laudes Domini ‎#464

464. Progress

1 Like the eagle, upward, onward,
Let my soul in faith be borne:
Calmly gazing, skyward, sunward,
Let my eye unshrinking turn!

2 Where the cross, God's love revealing,
Sets the fettered spirit free,
Where it sheds its wondrous healing,
There, my soul, thy rest shall be!

3 Oh, may I no longer, dreaming,
Idly waste my golden day,
But, each precious hour redeeming,
Upward, onward, press my way!

Text Information

• First Line: Like the eagle, upward, onward
• Title: Progress
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Ecclesiastes 9:10
  ;
  Isaiah 40:31
  ;
  Micah 2:10
  ;
  John 9:4
  ;
  2 Peter 3:18
• Topic: Activity; Christians: Duties; Church: Work of; Communion of Saints: At Lord's Table; Cross of Christ: Taking
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WIMBORNE
• Composer: fr. Whitaker
• Meter: 8s, 7s
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Public Domain.