Scripture Verse

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11

Introduction

Words: Lil­li­an W. Cas­sa­day, 1893. Re­frain by Mar­ga­ret R. See­bach, 1915.

Music: George C. F. Haas, 1893 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

O Chris­tians, leagued to­ge­ther to bat­tle for the right
Arise and don your ar­mor, put the foe to flight!
We’ve giv­en our al­le­giance to serve with­out sur­cease
The migh­ty Lord of ar­mies and gen­tle Prince of Peace.

Refrain

All hail, our glo­ri­ous Sav­ior!
We march where Thou hast trod,
To seek Thy house of tri­umph,
The ci­ty of our God.

Then on­ward be the war cry; and on­ward still, so long
As we have self to con­quer, souls to cheer with song.
Let sound the mar­tial music, ring out the bu­gle call
To rally for the con­flict our people one and all.

Refrain

We proud­ly bear as ban­ner a cross with­in the heart,
To show that we have chos­en Christ, the bet­ter part.
Then joy and peace and com­fort shall blos­som as a rose,
Until our earth­ly bless­ings the worth of Heav’n dis­close.

Refrain