Scripture Verse

Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Ephesians 6:10

Introduction

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Bentley Ackley
(1872–1958)

Words: Ju­lia M. Bon­ner, in Sun­day School Voic­es No. 2, ed­it­ed by Charles H. Ga­bri­el (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Hope Pub­lish­ing, 1913), num­ber 2.

Music: Bent­ley D. Ack­ley (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Truehearted with Jes­us our glo­ri­ous king,
In the bat­tle with sin faint­ing ne­ver;
Our song of al­le­giance we joy­ful­ly sing,
As we crown Him tri­um­phant for­ev­er.

Refrain

Allegiance, to Je­sus,
To Je­sus our Sav­ior all glo­ri­ous!
Truehearted, whole­heart­ed,
Redeemed and vic­to­ri­ous for­ev­er!

Wholehearted and faith­ful His law to ful­fill,
We are stead­fast­ly on Him re­ly­ing;
We yield Him obe­di­ence, what­ev­er His will,
While His glo­ri­ous ban­ner is fly­ing.

Refrain

Allegiance to Je­sus! brave, loy­al and strong,
We the way for His feet are pre­par­ing,
As up­ward and on­ward we’re press­ing along,
To the na­tions His glo­ry de­clar­ing.

Refrain