Scripture Verse

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven. Matthew 5:16

Introduction

Words: Da­vid J. Beat­tie, in Great Re­vi­val Hymns No. 2, ed­it­ed by Ho­mer A. Ro­de­hea­ver & Bent­ley D. Ack­ley (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Ro­de­hea­ver, 1913), num­ber 155.

Music: De­bo­rah Charles H. Ga­bri­el, 1913 (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hym­nals show the com­pos­er as T. R. All­en, one of Ga­bri­el’s pseu­do­nyms.

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

portrait
Charles Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

We are lit­tle her­alds,
Marching thro’ the land,
Bearing joy­ful tid­ings,
At our king’s com­mand.

Refrain

Join with ours your voic­es—
Let earth’s king­doms ring,
Loud with end­less prais­es,
Unto Christ our king.

Jesus is our watch­word,
As we on­ward go;
With His ban­ner o’er us,
We will fear no foe.

Refrain

He is ever faith­ful,
Good and kind and true;
And He watch­es o’er us,
Whatsoe’er we do.

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Joined in love to­ge­ther,
Hearts made pure and free;
In this world of dark­ness,
Joyful lights we’ll be.

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