Scripture Verse

The Lord shall utter His voice before His army, for His camp is very great. Joel 2:11

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Will­iam H. Price, in Bright Me­lo­dies, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney & J. How­ard Ent­wisle (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1899), num­ber 121 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Price (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Come and join our hap­py throng,
Lift your voice in joy­ful song,
As Je­ho­vah’s name we praise;
’Neath the ban­ner of the right
We are press­ing to the fight,
And our an­them loud we raise.

Refrain

Glory and hon­or
To the Lamb for­ev­er!
Glory in the high­est, sing
Hallelujah to His name!
Let our voic­es loud pro­claim
Hallelujah to our Sav­ior King!

See! our cap­tain leads us on,
He has need of ev­ery one,
For His cause must ne­ver fail;
And tho’ Sa­tan bars the way,
Yet we press to vic­to­ry,
For Je­ho­vah must pre­vail.

Refrain

Then no long­er hal­ting stand,
Come and join our youth­ful band,
As we march the foe to meet;
For we’ll wear a vic­tor’s crown,
When we lay our ar­mor down,
And our tro­phies at His feet.

Refrain