Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.) 149. Looking upward every day

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Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.)‎#149

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Text:	Looking Upward Every Day
Author:	Mary Butler
Tune:	ST. KEVIN
Composer:	Arthur S. Sullivan

1 Looking upward every day,
Sunshine on our faces;
Pressing onward every day
Toward the heavenly places;
Growing every day in awe,
For thy name is holy;
Learning every day to love
With a love more lowly;

2 Walking every day more close
To our Elder Brother;
Growing every day more true
Unto one another;
Every day more gratefully
Kindnesses receiving;
Every day more readily
Injuries forgiving;

3 Leaving every day behind
Something which might hinder;
Running swifter every day;
Growing purer, kinder—
Lord, so pray we every day,
Hear us in thy pity,
That we enter in at last
To the holy city.