Be Strong, My Heart by Constant Harte

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 20, 1879

Be Strong, My Heart.

By Constant Harte

Be strong, my throbbing heart, be strong! Let not the mighty flood of wrong Bear thee from what is right and true. “Some drink life's wine and some its rue;” For some 'tis mixed, of both a part; Be strong, my heart.

Be true, my human heart, be true; Say not, “There's naught for me to do;” See, here are poor and wronged and blind, Something to do can'st thou not find? Nay, nay, for thee there is a part; Be true, my heart.

Be glad, my human heart, be glad; Earth hath enough, enough that's sad; Help to draw back the pall of sin, Help to let Heaven's pure sunlight in, Shrink not from doing all thy part; Be glad, my heart.

Be kind, my heart; around thee lies Enough of pain; sad, hungry eyes Ask thee for pity; hearts that ache Appeal to thee before they break; Be not thou dumb, and weak, and blind, My heart, be kind.

Be kind, be true, be glad, be strong; Stand fast, my heart, against the wrong; Hold up the Right, crush Evil down, That thou may'st claim at last a crown, Having been wise, and done thy part, Having been strong and true, my heart.

—Constant Harte, in Advance.