Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Frank H. Shaul, in Wor­ship and Ser­vice, ed­it­ed by Har­vey R. Chris­tie (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing, 1916), num­ber 6 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Marching on to bat­tle ’gainst the hosts of wrong,
Following our cap­tain with a hap­py song,
Heeding not the ma­ny who are loi­ter­ing by,
For vic­to­ry is nigh, yes, vic­to­ry is nigh.

Refrain

Victory is nigh! yes, vic­to­ry is nigh!
Shout with voice tri­um­phant to the vault­ed sky;
Victory is nigh! yes, vic­to­ry is nigh!
We will win the bat­tle for the King on high.

Shouting loud ho­san­nas as we on­ward go,
With de­ter­min­ation sin to ov­er­throw;
Satan’s hosts are tremb­ling, foes be­fore us fly,
For vic­to­ry is nigh, yes, vic­to­ry is nigh.

Refrain

Volunteers are want­ed, hear the Mas­ter say,
Will you be en­list­ed in the migh­ty fray?
Every Chris­tian an­swer, say­ing, Here am I,
Then vic­to­ry is nigh, yes, vic­to­ry is nigh.

Refrain

Faithful to your du­ty, halt not by the way,
Keep the ban­ner float­ing for the King al­way,
Great re­ward He’ll give His sol­diers by and by,
For vic­to­ry is nigh, yes, vic­to­ry is nigh.

Refrain