1 Oh, speed thee on the heav’nly way,
And to thine armor cling;
With girded loins the call obey,
The call of Christ, the King.
Refrain:
Speed thee on, speed thee on,
Trust in God and flee from sin;
We’ll strive by faith to gain a crown,
A home in heav’n to win.
2 There is a battle to be fought,
An upward race to run;
A crown of glory to be sought,
A vict’ry to be won. [Refrain]
3 Oh, faint not, for thy prayer and sighs
Are heard before the throne;
The race must come before the prize,
The cross before the crown. [Refrain]
Source: Pearls of Praise #6
Born: November 28, 1857, New Chambersburg, Ohio.
Died: March 24, 1929, Alliance, Ohio.
Buried: Moultrie Chapel Cemetery, Moultrie, Ohio.
Son of Robert Crist and Mary Ruff Crist, Daniel graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1882, and taught school in Columbiana and Stark County, Ohio, for 14 years. He became superintendent of the Osnaburg grade school in 1880, and for three years was superintendent at New Franklin. In 1901, he was elected to the Ohio state legislature, and became a state senator in 1905.
Crist was composing as early as 1888, and at least through 1910, when he scored the FLOWER GIRL WALTZ. He worked for 30 years as a suc… Go to person page >
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