Text:Forward! be our watchword
Author:Henry Alford
Tune:ST. BONIFACE
Composer:Henry Smart

542. Forward! be our watchword

1 Forward! be our watchword,
Steps and voices joined;
Seek the things before us,
Not a look behind.
Burns the fiery pillar
At our army's head;
Who shall dream of shrinking,
By our captain led?
Forward thro' the desert,
Thro' the toil and fight;
Jordan flows before us,
Zion beams with light!

2 Glories upon glories
Hath our God prepared,
By the souls that love Him
One day to be shared:
Eye hath not beheld them,
Ear hath never heard;
Nor of these hath uttered
Thought or speech a word:
Forward, marching eastward
Where the heaven is bright,
Till the vail be lifted,
Till our faith be sight!

3 To the Father's glory
Loudest anthems raise;
To the Son and Spirit
Echo songs of praise;
To the Lord Jehovah,
Blessed Three in One,
Be by men and angels
Endless honor done.
Weak are earthly praises,
Dull the songs of night;
Forward into triumph
Forward into Light!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Forward! be our watchword
Author: Henry Alford (1871)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Christ: Captain of Salvation; Christians: Workers for Christ; Christian conflict (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST. BONIFACE
Composer: Henry Smart
Meter: 6s, 5s, 12l.



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