1. Hasten on, hasten on,
   Zion, hasten on in light!
   Let thy lamp be ever burning;
   Keep thy first love true and bright,
   For the Fount of Life e’er yearning!
   Zion, through the narrow gate be gone!
   Hasten on, hasten on!

2. Patient bear, patient bear,
   Zion, patient bear, nor shrink,
   Shun not scorn and tribulation!
   Keep thee true until death’s brink,
   Look with hope to thy salvation!
   Zion, though the Serpent’s fang should tear,
   Patient bear, patient bear!

3. Follow not, follow not,
   Zion, follow not the world,
   Who to thee her greatness proffers!
   Spurn her pleasures toward thee hurled,
   Nor take aught the Dragon offers!*
   Zion, lest her pleasures be thy lot,
   Follow not, follow not!
   *Let Satan not win thee over through worldly joys! Cf. Rev. 13:2.

4. Prove aright, prove aright,
   Zion, prove the spirits each,
   They which call thee, double-sided!
   Do not that which they would teach,
   By thy Star alone be guided!
   Zion, both, if they be bent or straight,
   Prove aright, prove aright!

5. Inward press, inward press,
   Zion, inward press to God!
   Life and spirit strong, unshaken,
   Be not, as the others, dead,
   Be a vine with clusters laden!
   Zion, in true strength, not outward dress,
   Inward press, inward press.

6. Break thou in, break thou in,
   Zion, break thou in with pow’r!
   While thy love is brightly burning,
   Show what He has made thy dow’r
   Who for thee, His bride, is yearning!
   Zion, through the door unto thee giv’n,
   Break thou in, break thou in!

7. Still hold out, still hold out,
   Zion, still hold out, stand fast!
   Let none ever slothful find thee!
   Up! the prize is nigh at last!
   Up! forsake what lies behind thee!
   Zion, till the last great battle’s fought,
   Still hold out, still hold out!

Fahre fort, fahre fort
Johann Eusebius Schmidt, 1704
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