Hold High the Torch!

Hold high the torch!
As vanguards of Jesus must
Ne're falter, lest you
Quench it in the dust.

But, hold it steady; yet higher, higher!
March on thru life, upright and strong:
And help those stumbling in the darkness
To share your light and Jesus' song.

Put on your cloak of friendliness-
And on your feet your shoes of love-
Atop your head salvation's band,
Secured in place by Him above.

And as you go your different ways,
Where e'er the Lord shall lead,
Keep looking up: Hold high the torch!
The world for light has need!

By Treva E. Stokes (1912-1980)
Written especially for the church seniors in 1959. (Edith, Treva's youngest child graduated this year)