Onward and Upward (Hewitt)

lyricist: Eliza Hewitt, 1890
Composer: John Sweney

Onward still

and up­ward

Follow ev­er­more

Where our migh­ty lead­er

Goes in love be­fore;

Looking un­to Je­sus

Reach a help­ing hand

To a strug­gling neigh­bor

Helping him to stand.

Marching on­ward

up­ward

Marching stead­ily

on­ward

Jesus leads the way;

Marching on­ward

up­ward

Onward un­to glo­ry

To the per­fect day.

Onward

ev­er on­ward

Thro’ the pas­tures green

Where the streams flow soft­ly

Under skies se­rene;

Or

if need be

up­ward

O’er the roc­ky steep

Trusting Him who guides us

Strong to save and keep.

Upward

ev­er up­ward

Toward the ra­di­ant glow

Far above the val­ley

Where the mist hangs low;

On

with songs of glad­ness

Till the march shall end

Where ten thou­sand

thou­sand

Hallelujahs blend.

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