Go Forward, Christian Soldier

Go for­ward

Christ­ian sol­dier

Beneath His ban­ner true:

The Lord Him­self

thy lead­er

Shall all thy foes sub­due.

His love fore­tells thy tri­als;

He knows thine hour­ly need;

He can with bread of Heav­en

Thy faint­ing spir­it feed.

Go for­ward

Christ­ian soldier

Fear not the sec­ret foe;

Far more o’er thee are watch­ing

Than hu­man eyes can know:

Trust on­ly Christ

thy cap­tain;

Cease not to watch and pray;

Heed not the trea­cher­ous voic­es

That lure thy soul as­tray.

Go for­ward

Christ­ian sol­dier

Nor dream of peace­ful rest

Till Sa­tan’s host is van­quished

And Heav’n is all pos­sessed;

Till Christ Him­self shall call thee

To lay thine ar­mor by

And wear in end­less glo­ry

The crown of vic­to­ry.

Go forward

Christ­ian sol­dier

Fear not the ga­th’ring night:

The Lord has been thy shel­ter;

The Lord will be thy light.

When morn His face re­veal­eth

Thy dan­gers are all past:

O pray that faith and vir­tue

May keep thee to the last!