Courage, brother! do not stumble

Courage, brother! do not stumble. Norman Macleod* (1812-1872). Written for a Christian rally of working men, this was first published in 1857 in The Edinburgh Christian Instructor (Macleod was at one time its editor). With its strong ethical message (‘Trust in God, and do the right’) it was a very popular hymn in the 19th century, and in the first part of the 20th. It had four 8-line stanzas in the Church Hymnary (1898), set to a tune, COURAGE, BROTHER, by Arthur Sullivan*: Courage, brother! do not stumble.  Though thy path be dark as night;There’s a star to guide the humble:  ‘Trust in God, and do the right.’Let the road be rough and dreary,  And its end far out of sight,Foot it bravely;...