We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 6:12
Words: Hannah Thurston, in His Worthy Praise, by Edmund S. Lorenz & Ira B. Wilson (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz Publishing, 1915), number 6.
Music: Charles J. Espenshade (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Thurston or Espenshade (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Onward to battle,
A loyal band of soldiers we;
O’er wrong and evil
We’ll win the victory!
Refrain
Onward, then, nor falter in the conflict,
Haste away, the call obey;
Tho’ evil’s mighty host encamp against us,
They cannot prevail;
Onward, then, our captain true is leading,
Forward go to meet the foe;
Despite his boast, we’ll conquer Satan’s host;
We can never, never fail.
Christ is our captain,
A leader strong and true is He;
He leads to triumph
Tho’ fierce the strife may be.
Refrain
Long tho’ the conflict,
We ne’er shall give the battle o’er;
Till Christ in triumph
Shall reign from shore to shore.
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