1 Forward! be our watchword, steps and voices joined;
Seek the things before us, not a look behind;
Burns the fiery pillar at our army's head;
Who shall dream of shrinking, by Jehovah led?
Forward through the desert, through the toil and fight:
Jordan flows before us, Zion beams with light.
2 Glories upon glories hath our God prepared,
By the souls that love Him one day to be shared:
Eye hath not beheld them, ear hath never heard;
Nor of these hath utter'd thought or speech a word:
Forward, marching eastward, where the heaven is bright,
Till the veil be lifted, till our faith be sight.
3 Far o'er yon horizon rise the city towers,
Where our God abideth; that fair home is ours;
Flash the walls with jasper, shine the streets with gold;
Flows the gladdening river shedding joys untold.
Thither, onward thither, in Jehovah's might:
Pilgrims to your country, forward into light. AMEN.
With His loving eye looking down 3 And the choir of angels with song awaits
Our march to the golden Sion;
For our Captain has broken the brazen
And burst the bars of iron. [gates,
We march, we march, etc.
Then onward we march, our arms to
prove,
With the banner of Christ before us. With His eye of love looking down from above,
And His holy arm spread o'er us.
We march, we march, etc. AMEN.
1 Saviour, Blessed Saviour,
Listen whilst we sing,
Hearts and voices raising
Praises to our King
All we have, we offer;
All we hope to be,
Body, soul, and spirit,
All we yield to Thee.
2 Nearer, ever nearer
Lord, we draw to Thee,
Deep in adoration
Bending low the knee:
Thou for our redemption
Cam'st on earth to die:
Thou, that we might follow,
Hast gone up on high.
3 Great and ever greater
Are Thy mercies here,
True and everlasting
Are the glories there,
Where no pain or sorrow,
Toil, or care is known,
Where the angel-legions
Circle round Thy Throne.
4 Brighter still and brighter
Glows the western sun,
Shedding all its gladness
O'er our work that's done;
Time will soon be over,
Toil and sorrows past,
May we, Blessed Saviour,
Find a rest at last.
5 Onward, ever onward,
Journeying o'er the road,
Worn by saints before us,
Journeying on to God:
Leaving all behind us,
May we hasten on,
Backward never looking
Till the prize is won. AMEN.
1 On our way rejoicing as we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises, O Thou God of love!
Is there grief or sadness? Thine it cannot be!
Is our sky be-clouded? Clouds are not from Thee!
CHO. On our way rejoicing as we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises, O Thou God of love!
2 If with honest-hearted love for God and man,
Day by day Thou find us doing what we can,
Thou who giv'st the seed-time wilt give large increase,
Crown the head with blessings, fill the heart with peace.
3 On our way rejoicing gladly let us go;
Conquered hath our Leader, vanquished is our foe!
Christ without, our safety, Christ within, our joy;
Who, if we be faithful, can our hope destroy? Cho.
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