Lead On, O King Eternal

Lead on

O King eter­nal

The day of march has come;

Henceforth in fields of con­quest

Thy tents shall be our home.

Through days of pre­pa­ra­tion

Thy grace has made us strong;

And now

O King eter­nal

We lift our bat­tle song.

Lead on

O King eter­nal

Till sin’s fierce war shall cease

And ho­li­ness shall whis­per

The sweet amen of peace.

For not with swords’ loud clash­ing

Nor roll of stir­ring drums;

With deeds of love and mer­cy

The heav’n­ly king­dom comes.

Lead on

O King eter­nal

We fol­low

not with fears

For gladn­ess breaks like morn­ing

Where’er Thy face ap­pears.

Thy cross is lift­ed ov­er us

We jour­ney in its light;

The crown awaits the con­quest;

Lead on

O God of might.