350    11.8.     Henry Fowler
“The righteous ... shall hold on his way.” Job 17. 9

1 Ye pilgrims of Zion, and chosen of God,
  Whose spirits are filled with dismay,
  Since ye have eternal redemption through blood,
  Ye cannot but hold on your way.

2 As Jesus, in covenant love, did engage
  A fulness of grace to display,
  The powers of darkness in malice may rage,
  The righteous shall hold on his way.

3 This truth, like its Author, eternal shall stand,
  Though all things in nature decay,
  Upheld by Jehovah’s omnipotent hand,

4 They may on the main of temptation be tossed;
  Their sorrows may swell as the sea;
  But none of the ransomed shall ever be lost;
  The righteous shall hold on his way.

5 Surrounded with sorrows, temptations, and cares,
  This truth with delight we survey,
  And sing, as we pass through this valley of tears,
  The righteous shall hold on his way.