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With a Persevering Faith

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1 O remember there’s a work to be done;
Are you ready for the race? will you run?
Are you striving for the crown to be won,
With a persevering faith and love?

Refrain:
Will you stand for truth, and battle for the right?
Will you firmly stand and keep your armor bright?
Then rejoice with vigor new,
There’s a crown of life for you,
In the mansions of glory above.

2 Are you ready for the cross? can you way
You are ready for the toils of the way?
Are you trusting in the Lord? do you pray
With a persevering faith and love? [Refrain]

3 Are you giving up the ways of the world?
Are you laying every weight now aside?
Are you clinging to the arm of your guide
With a persevering faith and love? [Refrain]

Source: The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School: a new collection of songs for worship #61

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O remember there's a work to be done
Title: With a Persevering Faith
Author: Fanny J. Crosby (1880)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Will you stand for truth, and battle for the right
Copyright: Public Domain

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