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459. Progress

1 Like the eagle, upward, onward,
Let my soul in faith be borne:
Calmly gazing, skyward, sunward,
Let my eye unshrinking turn!

2 Where the cross, God's love revealing,
Sets the fettered spirit free,
Where it sheds its wondrous healing,
There, my soul, thy rest shall be!

3 Oh, may I no longer, dreaming;
Idly waste my golden day,
But, each precious hour redeeming,
Upward, upward, press my way!

Text Information
First Line: Like the eagle, upward, onward
Title: Progress
Author: Horatius Bonar
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Christian Experience; Activity; Christians: Duties (2 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: WIMBORNE
Arranger: fr. Whitaker
Meter: 8s, 7s
Key: A Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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