O Church of God Triumphant

O Church of God

tri­umph­ant

O’er hu­man doubts and fears

Which in the faith of ag­es

Comes march­ing thro’ the years;

Baptized with blood of mar­tyrs

With conf­licts dear­ly won

Beset with per­se­cu­tions

Yet ev­er march­ing on.

O Church of God

tri­umph­ant

With con­flicts dear­ly won

Beset with per­se­cu­tion

Yet ev­er march­ing on.

With back­ward look we see thee

Thy scat­tered mem­bers few;

We see thee strug­gling ev­er

Their cour­age to re­new;

Strong amid tri­bu­la­tion

Uprising from each fall

We see thee march­ing on­ward

Triumphant ov­er all.

O re­fuge of the na­tions

On thee our hope is stayed;

Thy cour­age thro’ the ag­es

Shall keep us un­afraid;

And with thy strength in­creas­ing

Till earth­ly years are past

God help thee to march on­ward

Triumphant to the last.