We are march­ing forth to bat­tle,
With our ban­ners all un­furled;
We have joined the Chris­tian ar­my
For the con­quest of the world;
And the sign by which we con­quer
Over each and ev­ery foe,
Is the cross of Christ up­lift­ed
By the van­guard as we go.

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Marching on, ev­er on,
Where the cross of Christ we see;
Marching on, ev­er on,
Marching on to vic­to­ry.

Forward now, oh, loy­al le­gion,
To the fierc­est of the fight,
Let us ne­ver fear nor fal­ter
In the bat­tle for the right;
For the cross of Christ moves on­ward
In a cause that can­not fail,
And the pow­er of Christ, our lead­er,
Is a pow­er that must pre­vail.

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Not for earth­ly thrones or king­doms,
Not for earth­ly wealth or fame,
Do we wage the Chris­tian war­fare
In the Lord’s all con­quer­ing name;
But to res­cue souls in per­il
From the pow­er of death and sin,
And the glo­ry all un­fad­ing
Of a heav’n­ly crown to win.

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