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!