Call the Roll

In these days when truth and er­ror

Battle fierce­ly for the soul

We should show our co­lors brave­ly:

Form in line and call the roll!

Who is in God’s migh­ty ar­my?

Call the roll

call the roll!

Sound the sig­nal; form in co­lumn:

Call the roll

call the roll!

In these days none can be neu­tral

Each will yield to some con­trol;

Zion needs to know her sol­diers—

Halt the ranks

and call the roll!

Sound the bu­gle for the mus­ter!

Summon ev­ery faith­ful soul!

Mighty is the com­ing con­flict;

Ere it op­ens

call the roll!

On the march some souls have fall­en

And have crossed be­yond the goal;

Some were faith­less and de­sert­ed

Who are left? now call the roll!

Promptly an­swer to the roll call

Ye

His faith­ful sol­diers all;

Underneath His con­quer­ing ban­ner

Rally now

and call the roll!