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Like the eagle, upward, onward

Horatius Bonar • English

Primary Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:10

Verse 1

Like the eagle, upward, onward, Let my soul in faith be borne: calmly gazing skyward, sunward, Let my eye unshrinking turn.

Verse 2

When the Truth, God's love revealing, Sets the fettered spirit free, Where it sheds its wondrous healing, There, my Soul, thy rest shall be.

Verse 3

O may I no longer, dreaming, Idly waste my golden day, But each precious hour redeeming, Upward, upward, press my way.

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • ecclesiastes 9:10

Reference 2

  • isaiah 40:31

Reference 3

  • micah 2:10

Reference 4

  • john 9:4

Reference 5

  • 2-peter 3:18