Scripture Verse

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

Introduction

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Herbert H. Booth (1862–1926)

Words: Will­iam J. Pear­son. These words were sung at Sal­va­tion Ar­my Train­ing Home an­ni­ver­sa­ry meet­ings in No­vem­ber 1887.

Music: Her­bert H. Booth, in The Mu­sic­al Sal­va­tion­ist, Au­gust 1886 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

God is keep­ing His sol­diers fight­ing,
Evermore we shall con­quer­ors be;
All the hosts of Hell are unit­ing,
But we’re sure to have vic­to­ry.
Though to beat us they’ve been try­ing,
Our col­ors still are fly­ing,
And our flag shall wave for­ev­er,
For we ne­ver will give in.

Refrain

No, we ne­ver, ne­ver, ne­ver will give in,
No we won’t! No we won’t!
No, we ne­ver, ne­ver, ne­ver will give in,
For we mean to have the vic­to­ry for­ev­er.

We will fol­low our con­quer­ing Sav­ior,
From be­fore Him Hell’s le­gions shall fly;
Our bat­tal­ions ne­ver shall wav­er,
They’re de­ter­mined to con­quer or die.
From ho­li­ness and Hea­ven
We ne­ver will be driv­en;
We will stand our ground for­ev­er,
For we ne­ver will give in.

Refrain

With sal­va­tion for ev­ery na­tion,
To the ends of the earth we will go,
With a free and full sal­va­tion,
All the pow­er of the cross we’ll show.
We’ll tear Hell’s throne to piec­es,
And win the world for Je­sus,
We’ll be con­quer­ors for­ev­er,
For we ne­ver will give in.

Refrain