Too much to gain to lose

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Too many miles behind me

Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Too many miles behind me,
Too many trials are through
Too many tears help me to remember
There's too much to gain to lose.

Refrain:
Too many sunsets,
Lie behind the mountain,
Too many rivers
My feet have gone through,
Too many treasures
Are waiting over yonder,
There's too much to gain to lose.

2 I've crossed the hot burning desert
Struggling the right road to choose
Somewhere up ahead,
There's a cool clear water,
And defeat is one word I don't use.

Source: Songs of the Saints #241

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Text Information

First Line:	Too many miles behind me
Title:	Too much to gain to lose
Publication Date:	1981
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1981.