1  Pressed out of measure, pressed beyond all length;

    Pressed so intensely, seeming beyond strength;

    Pressed in the body, pressed within the soul,

    Pressed in the mind till darksome surges roll.

 2  Pressure by foes, and pressure from our friends;

    Pressure on pressure, till life nearly ends;

    Pressed into knowing none to help but God,

    Pressed into loving both the staff and the rod.

 3  Pressed into liberty where nothing clings,

    Pressed into faith for hard and hopeless things;

    Pressed into life, a life in Christ the Lord,

    Pressed into life, the life of Christ outpoured.