Hold on Until the End

 

Hold on Until the End For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.— Hebrews 3:14 Ultima Veritas (Ultimate Truth) In the bitter waves of woe Beaten and tossed about By the sullen winds that blow From the desolate shores of doubt, Where the anchors that faith has cast Are dragging in the gale, I am quietly holding fast To the things that cannot fail. And fierce though the fiends may fight, And long though the angels hide, I know that truth and right Have the universe on their side; And that somewhere beyond the stars Is a love that is better than fate. When the night unlocks her bars I shall see Him—and I will wait. —Washington Gladden From Streams in the Desert Public Domain