Go Forward, Christian Soldier

Words:
Laurence Tuttiett
Music:
Horatio W. Parker

Sheet music

  1. 1Go forward, Christian Soldier,Beneath His banner true!The Lord Himself, thy leader,Shall all thy foes subdue.His love foretells thy trials;He knows thine hourly need;He can with bread of heavenThy fainting spirit feed.
  2. 2Go forward, Christian Soldier!Fear not the secret foe;Far more o’er thee are watchingThan human eyes can know:Trust only Christ, thy captain;Cease not to watch and pray;Heed not the treach’rous voicesThat lure thy soul astray.
  3. 3Go forward, Christian Soldier!Nor dream of peaceful rest,Till Satan’s host is vanquishedAnd heav’n is all possessed!Till Christ Himself shall call theeTo lay thine armor by,And wear in endless gloryThe crown of victory.
  4. 4Go forward, Christian Soldier!Fear not the gath’ring night:The Lord has been thy shelter;The Lord will be thy light.When morn His face revealeth,Thy dangers all are past:O pray that faith and virtueMay keep thee to the last!Amen.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1861, the words are in 189 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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