The Cyber Hymnal ‎#488

488. Better Days Are Dawning

1. Courage, mother, though your children stray
Far from paths of love and peace away.
Work on, pray on, though the sky’s o’ercast;
Better days are dawning, and joy will come at last.

Refrain
Better days are dawning; joy will come at last
God will hear and answer, as in ages past.
Work on, pray on, though the sky’s o’ercast;
Better days are dawning, and joy will come at last.

2. Cease not praying, sad, disheartened wife,
For the one that’s dearer far than life.
Work on, pray on, though the sky’s o’ercast;
Better days are dawning, and joy will come at last. [Refrain]

3. Weary sufferer, through long hours of pain,
By you stands the Comforter again.
Work on, pray on, though the sky’s o’ercast;
Better days are dawning, and joy will come at last. [Refrain]

4. All who falter ’neath a load of care,
Christ will aid, your heavy burdens share.
Work on, pray on, though the sky’s o’ercast;
Better days are dawning, and joy will come at last. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Courage, mother, though your children stray
• Title: Better Days Are Dawning
• Author: Annie Lewis Pinfold (1908)
• Refrain First Line: Better days are dawning; joy will come at last
• Language: English
• Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two, by William J. Kirkpatrick et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Praise Publishing Company, 1908), number 99
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Courage, mother, though your children stray]
• Composer: Guy Irving Waltz
• Incipit: 37255 65532 13234
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain