Scripture Verse

Love the Lord your God, and…serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 11:13

Introduction

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Nathan F. Carter
1830–1915

Words: Na­than F. Car­ter, in Hymns of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, ed­it­ed by Sam­uel W. Ad­ri­ance (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­cie­ty of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1888), num­ber 37.

Music: Ab­ney (Treat) Charles C. Treat, 1888 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Treat (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Car­ter,

Lyrics

With a strong and glad en­dea­vor
Let us ral­ly round the cross,
One in heart and zeal for­ev­er
Seek to save the world from loss.
In no scant and stint­ed mea­sure
Be our wealth and ser­vice giv’n;
Let no love of ease or plea­sure
Hedge to one the way to Heav’n.

In the joy of love’s com­mun­ion,
Finding mo­tive and re­ward;
Strong in pur­pose, strong in un­ion,
As an ar­my of the Lord,
Let us on to fight our bat­tles
In the heav’n­ly Mas­ter’s name,
Though the thun­der rolls and rat­tles,
Though the sheet­ed light­nings flame.