Oft in Sorrow, Oft in Woe

Oft in sor­row

oft in woe

Onward

Christ­ian

on­ward go:

Fight the fight

main­tain the strife

Strengthened with the bread of life.

Onward Christ­ians

on­ward go

Join the war

and face the foe;

Faint not: Much does yet re­main

Dreary is the long cam­paign.

Shrink not

Christ­ians

will ye yield?

Will ye quit the pain­ful field?

Will ye flee in dan­ger’s hour?

Know ye not your cap­tain’s pow­er?

Let your droop­ing hearts be glad:

March in hea­v’n­ly ar­mor clad:

Fight

nor think the bat­tle long

Victory soon shall be your song.

Let not sor­row dim your eye

Soon shall ev­ery tear be dry;

Let not fears your course im­pede

Great your strength

if great your need.

Onward then in bat­tle move

More than con­quer­ors ye shall prove;

Though op­posed by ma­ny a foe

Christian sol­diers on­ward go.