Captains of the Saintly Band

Captains of the saint­ly band

Lights who light­en ev­ery land

Princes who with Je­sus dwell

Judges of His Is­ra­el:

On the na­tions sunk in night

Ye have shed the Gos­pel light;

Sin and er­ror flee away;

Truth re­veals the pro­mised day.

Not by war­ri­or’s spear and sword

Not by art of hu­man word

Preaching but the cross of shame

Rebel hearts for Christ ye tame.

Earth

that long in sin and pain

Groaned in Sa­tan’s dead­ly chain

Now to serve its God is free

In the law of li­ber­ty.

Distant lands with one ac­claim

Tell the hon­or of your name

Who

wher­ev­er man has trod

Teach the mys­ter­ies of God.

Glory to the Three in One

While eter­nal ag­es run

Who from deep­est shades of night

Called us to His glo­ri­ous light.