DARE TO DO RIGHT

Dare to do right! dare to be true!

You have a work that no other can do,

Do it so bravely, so kindly, so well,

Angels will hasten the story to tell.

Dare to do right! dare to be true!

Other men's failures can never save you;

Stand by your conscience, your honor, your faith;

Stand like a hero, and battle till death.

Dare to do right! dare to be true!

God, who created you, cares for you too;

Treasures the tears that his striving ones shed,

Counts and protects every hair of your head.

Dare to do right! dare to be true!

Keep the great judgment-seat always in view;

Look at your work as you'll look at it then--

Scanned by Jehovah, and angels, and men.

Dare to do right! dare to be true!

Cannot Omnipotence carry you through?

City, and mansion, and throne all in sight--

Can you not dare to be true and do right?

Dare to do right! dare to be true!

Prayerfully, lovingly, firmly pursue

The path by apostles and martyrs once trod,

The path of the just to the city of God.

--George Lansing Taylor.