The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16344

16344. March On, March On

1 March on, march on, ye sol­diers true
In the cross of Christ con­fid­ing,
For the field is set, and the hosts are met,
And the Lord His own is guid­ing;
Thro’ the earth’s wide round, we the tid­ings sound
Of the Lord who came from Hea­ven;
Of the migh­ty hope that with death can cope,
And the love so free­ly given.

Refrain:
March on, march on, ye sol­diers true,
In the cross of Christ con­fid­ing,
For the field is set, and the hosts are met,
And the Lord His own is guid­ing.

2 We march to fight with the pow’rs of night,
That hold the world in sor­row;
And the brok­en heart shall be healed of its smart,
And arise to a joy­ful mor­row;
O’er the realms of night shall our stand­ard bright
Arise, their dark­ness clear­ing;
And souls that were dead to the Lord who bled,
Shall re­vive at His glad ap­pear­ing. [Refrain]

3 O so long is the fight, but the God of light
Is ev­er watch­ing near us;
And the pray­ers that rise to the list­en­ing skies
Like a song of hope shall cheer us;
Till the sun­rise broad of the day of God
Shall shine on the Vic­tor’s glo­ry;
And earth at rest, in her Lord con­fessed,
Shall re­joice in the fin­ished sto­ry. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: March on, march on, ye sol­diers true
• Title: March On, March On
• Author: Ella Sophia Bulley Armitage (1894, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: March on, march on, ye sol­diers true
• Language: English
• Source: The Home and School Hymnal (Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1894)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [March on, march on, ye sol­diers true]
• Composer: H. Cohen (1901)
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain