Victory
When any climate, any food,
When raging crowd or solitude
Can but increase your will to see
God’s guiding hand–that’s victory.
When you can be content to own
No commendation of your own,
And let your pride and boasting be
In Christ alone–that’s victory.
When you are standing face to face
With degradation, vile disgrace,
And yet retain your purity
Through Christ your Lord–that’s victory.
When peace is yours that knows no strife,
And joy the same in death or life,
And you can say, “‘Tis Christ for me
To live or die”–that’s victory.
We have no power to fight alone,
Nor even strength to call our own.
Thanks be to God, for it is He
Who, through His Son, gives victory!