Take courage, temperance workers ! You shall not suffer wreck, While up to God the people's prayers Are ringing from your deck ; Wait cheerily, ye workers, For daylight and for land, The breath of God is in your sails. Your rudder in His hand.
Sail on, . . O ship of hope ! Sail on for truth and right ; The breath of God is in your sails, The haven is in sight ! The breath of God is in your sails, The haven is in sight !
2. Sail on ! sail on ! deep-freighted With blessings and with hopes ; The good of old, with shadowy hands, Are pulling at your ropes ; Behind you, holy martyrs Uplift the palm and crown ; Before you, unborn ages send Their benedictions down.
3. Speed on ! your work is holy, God's errands never fail ! Sweep on through storm and darkness wild, The thunder and the hail ; Toil on, the morning cometh, The port you yet shall win ! And all the bells of God shall ring The " Ship of Temperance " in !