Hosts of God Go Forth to Battle

Hosts of God go forth to bat­tle

In His name and for His laws:

Wrong and sin are camped around you

Onward! ’tis a glo­ri­ous cause.

Christ is such a migh­ty lead­er—

Though the fight be hard and long

That the end is sure­ly vic­to­ry

Heaven will shout the con­quer­or’s song.

Bound in chains your breth­ren lang­uish

Slaved by Sa­tan

kept by sin;

Force a way to dark­est dun­geons

Let the glo­ri­ous light stream in.

Only Je­sus can re­lease them

He

your cap­tain

points the way;

Follow

fol­low

He is wai­ting:

Where He leads

should we de­lay?

Dare we rest in ease and plea­sure

Call our lives or gold our own

While

in hea­then dark­ness ly­ing

Millions bow to gods of stone?

Beds of ease are Sa­tan’s dun­geons

Liberty with Christ is found

And His hosts are ev­er march­ing

Onward to new bat­tle­ground.

Forward

then

ye ran­somed cap­tives!

Christ

the lead­er

set you free!

Since He saved you from the dun­geon

March with Him to vic­to­ry!

Living for Him

dy­ing for Him

Noblest souls were ev­er found

With this lead­er and such com­rades—

This is glo­ri­ous bat­tle­ground.