Scripture Verse

Go…and teach all nations. Matthew 28:19

Introduction

Words: George K. Thomp­son, in Show­ers of Bless­ing, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1888), page 133.

Music: Dou­ala Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, 1888 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

Go on, ye sol­diers of the cross,
With cour­age bold and dar­ing;
Go on by faith in Je­sus’ name,
His roy­al stand­ard bear­ing.

Refrain

Go on, go on, go on, go on,
Proclaim the Gos­pel sto­ry!
From step to step,
From strength to strength,
Go on from grace to glo­ry.

Though dan­gers lie on ev­ery side,
And com­ing storms alarm us,
Yet, safe with­in the Rift­ed Rock,
No earth­ly pow­er can harm us.

Refrain

Go on, go on, and trust in Him
Whose eye is beam­ing o’er us,
Who gives His ho­ly an­gels charge
To guard the way be­fore us.

Refrain

Go on, go on with this our aim,
And this our firm en­dea­vor,
To gain at last the sun­ny shore
And praise our Lord for­ev­er.

Refrain