Scripture Verse

…like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:3

Introduction

Words: El­la S. Ar­mi­tage, in The Home and School Hym­nal (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: T. and A. Con­sta­ble, 1894), number 369. Mo­di­fied in The En­dea­vor Hym­nal (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1901), num­ber 132.

Music: H. Co­hen, 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Co­hen’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Ar­mi­tage (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

March on, march on, ye sol­diers true
In the cross of Christ con­fid­ing,
For the field is set, and the hosts are met,
And the Lord His own is guid­ing;
Thro’ the earth’s wide round, we the tid­ings sound
Of the Lord who came from Hea­ven;
Of the migh­ty hope that with death can cope,
And the love so free­ly given.

Refrain

March on, march on, ye sol­diers true,
In the cross of Christ con­fid­ing,
For the field is set, and the hosts are met,
And the Lord His own is guid­ing.

We march to fight with the pow’rs of night,
That hold the world in sor­row;
And the brok­en heart shall be healed of its smart,
And arise to a joy­ful mor­row;
O’er the realms of night shall our stand­ard bright
Arise, their dark­ness clear­ing;
And souls that were dead to the Lord who bled,
Shall re­vive at His glad ap­pear­ing.

Refrain

O so long is the fight, but the God of light
Is ev­er watch­ing near us;
And the pray­ers that rise to the list­en­ing skies
Like a song of hope shall cheer us;
Till the sun­rise broad of the day of God
Shall shine on the Vic­tor’s glo­ry;
And earth at rest, in her Lord con­fessed,
Shall re­joice in the fin­ished sto­ry.

Refrain