Scripture Verse

Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Tri­umph Nos. 1 and 2 Com­bined, com­piled by Jud­son W. Van De Vent­er, ed­it­ed by J. H. Al­lan (Lon­don & Glas­gow, Scot­land: The Lon­don Bi­ble and Book Sa­loon & the Scot­tish Bi­ble and Book So­ci­ety, cir­ca 1890), num­ber 23. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as James L. Black, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Our souls cry out, hal­le­lu­jah!
And our faith en­rap­tured sings,
While we throw to the breeze the stand­ard
Of the migh­ty King of kings.

Refrain

On the vic­to­ry side, on the vic­to­ry side,
In the ranks of the Lord are we;
On the vic­to­ry side we will bold­ly stand,
Till the glo­ry land we see.

Our souls cry out, hal­le­lu­jah!
For the Lord Him­self comes near,
And the shout of a roy­al ar­my
On the bat­tle­field we hear.

Refrain

Our souls cry out, hal­le­lu­jah!
For the tempt­er flies apace,
And the chains he has forged are break­ing,
Thro’ the power of re­deem­ing grace.

Refrain

Our souls cry out, hal­le­lu­jah!
And our hearts beat high with praise,
Unto Him, in whose name we’ll con­quer,
And our song of tri­umph raise.

Refrain