The race for life has just begun – so let us not speak as if we’ve won;

We will truly courage need lest care and sorrow slow our speed.
Let us not think since were heard the call, and obeyed that that is all;

We’ve just started on the race and have partaken of God’s grace.

So, dear brothers and sisters, let us run with love and faith, till life is won;
For patience kind will crown our ways through sweltering heat and dreary days.
Hope will help when things go wrong, to trust His love and still grow strong.
So, above all, look well ahead, His word will guide us daily if we read.