The True Christian Climbs On
The mountaineer that climbs the heights
Must always face a test:
To reach for a rock and slip,
And fall down from the crest.
And staring up from down below,
The mountaineer must choose:
Dare the mountaineer give up?
Or to defeat refuse?
For down below the second time
Defines the mountaineer.
How the mountaineer goes on
Reveals the true heart clear.
Reveals the true heart clear.
And staring up from down below,
The mountaineer holds fast.
The mountaineer presses on.
The past is but the past.
So taking hold of rock on rock
And climbing to the heights,
The mountaineer will climb by day
And through the darkest nights.
For had the mountaineer gave up,
No mountaineer was there.
For every mountaineer climbs on
Through ease and defeat’s glare.
