Hymn
God Speed the Right
Now to Heav’n our pray’r ascending,
God speed the right!
In a noble cause contending,
God speed the right!
May we live our lives before Thee,
Like the good and great in story,
If we fail, we fail in glory,—
God speed the right!
Patient, firm, and persevering,
God speed the right!
No event or danger fearing,
God speed the right!
Pains, nor toils, nor trials heeding,
Never from the truth receding,
And in heav’n own time succeeding,
God speed the right!
Still our onward course pursuing,
God speed the right!
Ev’ry foe at length subduing,
God speed the right!
Truth! Thy cause, whate’er delay it,
There’s no pow’r on earth can stay it,
Proudly let us then obey it,
God speed the right!
God Speed the Right — Text from Jubilate, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/god-speed-the-right
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote God Speed the Right?
The words of God Speed the Right were written by William E. Hickson; the version here was published in 1917.
Is God Speed the Right public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Jubilate, published in 1917. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.