St. John’s! with pride my song resounds;
I hail thy pennant blue, gold, white.
St. John’s! thy spirit in the bounds;
Be thou my guide my beacon light.

1. There stirs thy call within my heart;
In thee this pledge I seal;
To raise the ill shall be my part,
To minister, to heal.
With ev’ry moment born in time,
Through deep eternity,
Thy vision will endure, sublime:
HE SHALL LIVE BECAUSE OF ME

2. Sustained within God’s grace I stand;
Thy yoke, so light, I bear:
Where’er I toil, love guide my hand,
Inspire my promised care,
Love stoke my hopes, my fears belie;
Love set my courage free;
While yet my lips have breath to sigh:
HE SHALL LIVE BECAUSE OF ME

3. Through India’s far flung rustic lands,
Where need is most, I serve;
No bounds restrain my willing hands,
No efforts I reserve.
And on thy campus, high or low,
Where’er my calling be,
In thee my solemn oath shall grow:
HE SHALL LIVE BECAUSE OF ME