The Trumpet Call of Duty

The trump­et call of du­ty

Is sound­ing thro’ the air!

It calls for strength and beau­ty

It calls the brave and fair;

It calls to strife and sor­row

To pre­sent toil and pain

But vic­to­ry to­mor­row

Shall bring eter­nal gain.

The bat­tle ev­er rag­es

Betwixt the false and true;

And while the con­flict wag­es

We must be fight­ing

too.

Our fa­thers fought be­fore us

And tri­umphed in the past;

Their spir­its hov­er o’er us

And sound the trump­et blast.

Arise with might and vi­gor

And smite each er­ror down

For they who serve with vi­gor

With joy shall wear the crown.

Wherever pride op­press­es

Wherever ills ab­ound

Wherever wrong dis­tress­es

Our bat­tle­field is found;

Wherever du­ty calls us

And con­sci­ence bids us go

Whatever else be­falls us

We can but tri­umph know.