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