Down Thru the Ages
Authors: Winifred O. Webster • Composers: J.H. Fillmore • Meter: 11.10.11.10. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1920
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1. Down thru the ages some high souls have pleaded
With glowing faith the pray’r our Savior taught;
But t’ward the dawn we see the earth-mists gather,
And dimmer grown the vision that He brought.
Chorus:
Give us the faith to see the golden morning,
(Give us the faith to see the morning,)
When love and justice have their triumph won,
(When love and justice have their triumph won,)
This be the pray’r our hearts are ever pleading:
(This be the pray’r our hearts are pleading:)
Thy kingdom come, Thy will on earth be done (be done).
2. Now hope is high, we almost hear the echo,
O’er strife and tumult of the victor’s tread;
Stately and strong, He marches on before us:
To glorious triumph shall His hosts be led.
3. Love points the way, and all who do His bidding,
Forgetting self must strive against the wrong;
And when at last o’er sin and greed victorious,
With Him we’ll raise a glad triumphant song.