Scripture Verse

He went forth conquering, and to conquer. Revelation 6:2

Introduction

Words: Jo­seph Cot­tle, 1828, alt.

Music: Co­ro­nae Will­iam H. Monk, 1871 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
William Monk (1823–1889)

Lyrics

Mighty Lord, ex­tend Thy king­dom,
Be the truth with tri­umph crowned;
Let the lands that sit in dark­ness
Hear the glo­ri­ous Gos­pel sound,
From our bor­ders
To the world’s re­mot­est bound.

By Thine arm, eter­nal Fa­ther,
Scatter far the shades of night;
Let the great Im­ma­nu­el’s king­dom
Open like the morn­ing light;
Let all bar­ri­ers
Yield be­fore Thy heav’n­ly might.

Come in all Thy Spir­it’s pow­er;
Come, Thy reign on earth re­store;
In Thy strength ride forth and con­quer,
Still ad­vanc­ing more and more,
Till all peo­ple
Shall Thy ho­ly name adore.