Which Side Are You On?

I see the ar­mies ga­th’ring for the fray

Their hosts are be­ing mar­shaled once again;

The noise of pre­pa­ra­tion all the day

Is ring­ing thro’ the vale and o’er the plain.

Which side are you on in this fight

sol­dier?

Which side now shall claim your gal­lant deeds?

Do you march with the King

’Neath the ban­ner of the right

Or fol­low where the prince of dark­ness leads?

You can­not be a care­less look­er on

You can­not neu­tral be in this long strife;

You must es­pouse the cause of right or wrong

You must your in­flu­ence give to death or life.

Choose ye be­tween the ev­il and the good

Between the path of hon­or and of shame;

Between the hands which min­gle tears and blood

And those which lift the fall­en in His name.

Gird on thine ar­mor for the cause of right

Which strives for pur­ity

and love and home;

And know that God with His eter­nal might

Will give thee strength the foe to ov­er­come.