MHB 591 – Believe not those who say

Methodist-Hymns-591

1: Believe not those who say
The upward path is smooth,
Lest thou should stumble in the way,
And faint before the truth.

2: It is the only road
Unto the realms of joy;
But he who seeks that blest abode
Must all his powers employ.

3: Arm-arm thee for the fight!
Cast useless loads away;
Watch through the darkest hours of night;
Toil through the hottest day.

4: To labor and to love,
To pardon and endure,
To lift thy heart to God above,
And keep thy conscience pure-

5: Be this thy constant aim,
Thy hope, thy chief delight;
What matter who should whisper blame
Or who should scorn or slight.

6: What matters—if God approve,
And if within thy breast,
Thou feel the comfort of His love,
The earnest of His rest.

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