March On

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We're a happy pilgrim band, We shall gain the victory

Author: Arthur F. Ingler
Tune: [We're a happy pilgrim band] (55563)
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 We’re a happy pilgrim band,
We shall gain the victory!
Marching thro’ the promised land,
We shall gain the day.

Refrain:
March on, and we shall gain the victory,
March on, and we shall gain the day.

2 Since we’ve left the world behind,
We shall gain the victory!
Milk and honey now we find,
We shall gain the day. [Refrain]

3 We are saved and sanctified,
We shall gain the victory!
And in Jesus we abide,
We shall gain the day. [Refrain]

4 Feasting on the corn and wine,
We shall gain the victory!
We will always shout and shine,
We shall gain the day. [Refrain]

5 There are giants great and tall,
We shall gain the victory!
But we’ll meet and slay them all,
We shall gain the day. [Refrain]

6 If we pray, and sing, and shout,
We shall gain the victory!
Satan and his host we’ll rout,
We shall gain the day. [Refrain]

7 We shall all outshine the sun,
We shall gain the victory!
Wear a crown when life is done,
We shall gain the day. [Refrain]

Source: The Joy Bells of Canaan or Burning Bush Songs No. 2 #79

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Author: Arthur F. Ingler

Born: May 12, 1873, Montandon, Pennsylvania. Died: August 8, 1935, Abington, Connecticut. Buried: North Swansea, Rhode Island. The 1900 census shows Ingler as a "vocalist" living in Denver, Colorado. The 1920 census shows him as a Nazarene preacher in Tillamook, Oregon. After the death of his wife Amalia, he moved east and married Lura Horton, who at the time was pastor of the People’s Church of the Nazarene in Providence, Rhode Island. The two of them served joint pastorates in Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Jackman, Maine; North Attleboro, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; and, in 1931, at Emmanuel Church, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His works include: Burning Bush Songs No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Metropolitan Church Association… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We're a happy pilgrim band, We shall gain the victory
Title:	March On
Author:	Arthur F. Ingler
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	March on, and we shall gain the victory
Publication Date:	1904
Copyright:	Public Domain