Hark! ’tis the cla­ri­on sound­ing the fight,
Turn from each si­ren charm­er.
Banners are wav­ing, swords gleam­ing bright,
Gird on the heav’n­ly ar­mor.
Stern is the con­flict, fierce is the foe;
Cowards and trait­ors will back­ward go:
Brave men are want­ed, hearts all aglow,
Wanted to bat­tle for Je­sus.

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Soldiers of God, we join you to­day,
Join in your grand en­dea­vor.
Soldiers of God, ad­vance to the fray,
For the truth is tri­um­phant for ev­er.

Haste to the res­cue; souls in their need
Loud for re­lief are call­ing;
Must they for ev­er hope­less­ly plead?
None hear the cry ap­pall­ing?
Broken in spir­it, wound­ed by sin,
Foemen around them, and fear with­in;
Speed ye to help them free­dom to win;
Speed with the Gos­pel of Je­sus.

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Soon ’twill be ov­er, dan­ger all past;
Ended the march­es drea­ry.
After the war­fare, rest comes at last,
Sweet rest for sol­diers wea­ry.
Crown af­ter con­flict, ease af­ter pain:
Parting shall ne­ver be known again;
Joy ev­er­last­ing all shall ob­tain,
All who are faith­ful to Je­sus.

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