When falls the hour of evil chance-- And hours of evil chance will fall-- Strike, though with but a broken lance! Strike, though you have no lance at all!
Shrink not, however great the odds; Shrink not, however dark the hour-- The barest possibility of good Demands your utmost power.
They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Courage, brother, do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There's a star to guide the humble-- Trust in God and do the right. Though the road be long and dreary, And the end be out of sight; Foot it bravely, strong or weary-- Trust in God and do the right.
Perish "policy" and cunning, Perish all that fears the light; Whether losing, whether winning, Trust in God and do the right. Shun all forms of guilty passion, Fiends can look like angels bright; Heed no custom, school, or fashion-- Trust in God and do the right.
Some will hate thee, some will love thee, Some will flatter, some will slight; Cease from man and look above thee, Trust in God and do the right. Simple rule and safest guiding-- Inward peace and shining light-- Star upon our path abiding-- TRUST IN GOD AND DO THE RIGHT.
We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time. In an age on ages telling to be living is sublime. Hark! the waking up of nations; Gog and Magog to the fray. Hark! what soundeth? 'Tis creation groaning for its latter day.
Will ye play, then, will ye dally, with your music and your wine? Up! it is Jehovah's rally; God's own arm hath need of thine; Hark! the onset! will ye fold your faith-clad arms in lazy lock? Up! O up, thou drowsy soldier! Worlds are charging to the shock.
Worlds are charging--heaven beholding; thou hast but an hour to fight; Now the blazoned cross unfolding, on, right onward for the right! On! let all the soul within you for the truth's sake go abroad! Strike! let every nerve and sinew tell on ages; tell for God!
We will speak on; we will be heard; Though all earth's systems crack, We will not bate a single word, Nor take a letter back.