Forward in His Name

The long roll-call is sound­ing

Let Is­ra­el awake!

And ev­ery heart re­spond­ing

New zeal and cour­age take.

With all upon the al­tar

And spir­it all aglow

We can­not stay nor fal­ter

When du­ty bids us go.

We’ll find the way re­tard­ed

By li­ons in the path

And ev­ery strong­hold guard­ed

By migh­ty men of Gath.

But if these things af­fright us

When shall the way be free?

When Sa­tan shall in­vite us—

And that will nev­er be.

If Christ­ians did not weak­en

When near­ing Sa­tan’s grounds

His king­dom would be shak­en

From cen­ter to its bounds.

Our weak­ness shall not mat­ter

Unless it comes of doubt;

One shall a thou­sand scat­ter

And two ten thou­sand rout.

The hour is here for mov­ing

Wait not the mor­row’s sun;

The Church our faith is prov­ing

The vic­to­ry must be won.

Then gird the ar­mor

bro­ther

To loi­ter would be shame;

Press close to one ano­ther

And for­ward in His name.