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We are not here to play, to dream, to drift

Author: Maltbie D. Babcock (1901)
Published in 65 hymnals

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1 Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle, face it, ’tis God’s gift.

2 Be strong!
Say not the days are evil— who’s to blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce— O shame!
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God’s Name.

3 Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day, how long;
Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.

Amen.

Source: The Hymnal #488

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Author: Maltbie D. Babcock

Maltbie D. Babcock (b. Syracuse, NY, 1858; d. Naples, Italy, 1901) graduated from Syracuse University, New York, and Auburn Theological Seminary (now associated with Union Theological Seminary in New York) and became a Presbyterian minister. He served the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. In Baltimore he was especially popular with students from Johns Hopkins University, but he ministered to people from all walks of life. Babcock wrote hymn texts and devotional, poems, some of which were published in The School Hymnal (1899). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	We are not here to play, to dream, to drift
Title:	Be Strong
Author:	Maltbie D. Babcock (1901)
Meter:	2.10.10.10
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Be strong, be strong, tomorrow comes the song
Publication Date:	1901
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

FORTITUDE (Smith)

HAROLD (Price)

[We are not here to play, to dream, to drift] (Fillmore 56711)

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The Cyber Hymnal #479

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Page Scans

The Hymnal (1950), p.486

Instances

Instances (1 - 65 of 65)

A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #180

American Student Hymnal #d351

Brotherhood Hymns #50

Chapel Conference Songbook #d7

Christian Hymnways #125

Christian Song #356

Christian Worship and Praise #400a

Christian Worship and Praise #400b

Favorite Solos #223

Fifty-Two Memory Hymns #23

Hymns and Songs of Christian Comradeship #97

Hymns for Creative Living #154

Hymns for Today #233

Hymns of the Widening Kingdom #19

Institute Hymns and Songs #d2

Inter-Church Hymnal #272

Jehovah's Praise #33

Junior Youth Hymnal #d14

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #387

Premier Hymns #177

Quartets and Choruses for Men #30

Rose of Sharon Hymns #17

Singing Worship #62

Social Hymns of Brotherhood and Aspiration #55

Songs of Life #73

Sunday School Voices, No.2 #121

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #320

The Abingdon Hymnal #109

The Abingdon Song Book #182

The Century Hymnal #235

The Chapel Service Book #d12

The Church School Hymnal for Youth #214

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d46

The Covenant Hymnal, authorized by the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America #d25

The Cyber Hymnal #479

The Evangelical Church School Hymnal #d18

The Fellowship Hymn Book #90

The Fellowship Hymn Book #90

The Hymnal #488

The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #61

The Hymnal for Youth #229

The Hymnal of Praise #214

The Hymnal #449

The Hymnal #293

The Junior Methodist Hymnal #d7

The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #407

The Methodist Hymnal #300

The Methodist Hymnal #300

The Methodist Hymnal #407

The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #229

The New Church Hymnal #488

The New Hymnal for American Youth #182

The New Hymnal for American Youth #182

The New Hymnal of Praise #d28

The Pilgrim Hymnal #253

The Presbyterian Hymnal #269

The Service Hymnal #381

The Student Hymnary #d28

The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal #286

Unity Song Selections #163

Worship and Song #171

Worship and Song Edition B #ad25

Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.) #169

Worship in Song #d25

Youth Hymnal #36

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