Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Lincoln Day/God Speed the Right

by William Edward Hickson

GOD SPEED THE RIGHT.

[The music of this familiar song is found in Riverside Song Book, published by Houghton, Mifflin, etc. Price 40c.]

Now to heav’n our pray’r ascending
God speed the right;
In a noble cause contending.
God speed the right;
Be our zeal in heav’n recorded.
With success on earth rewarded,
God speed the right,
God speed the right!

 
Be that pray’r again repeated,
God speed the right;
Ne’er despairing, tho’ defeated,
God speed the right;
Like the good and great in story
If we fail we fail with glory,
God speed the right,
God speed the right!

Patient, firm, and persevering,
God speed the right;
Ne’er th’ event nor danger fearing,
God speed the right;
Pains nor toils nor trials heeding,
In the strength of heav’n succeeding,
God speed the right,
God speed the right.