Hold The Fort
- Words:
- Philip P. Bliss
- Music:
- Philip P. Bliss
Sheet music
- 1Ho, my comrades! see the signalWaving in the sky!Reinforcements now appearing,Victory is nigh.“Hold the fort, for I am coming,”Jesus signals still;Wave the answer back to heaven,“By Thy grace we will.”
- 2See the mighty host advancing,Satan leading on;Mighty men around us falling,Courage almost gone!“Hold the fort, for I am coming,”Jesus signals still;Wave the answer back to heaven,“By Thy grace we will.”
- 3See the glorious banner waving!Hear the trumpet blow!In our Leader’s name we’ll triumphOver ev’ry foe.“Hold the fort, for I am coming,”Jesus signals still;Wave the answer back to heaven,“By Thy grace we will.”
- 4Fierce and long the battle rages,But our help is near;Onward comes our great Commander,Cheer, my comrades, cheer!“Hold the fort, for I am coming,”Jesus signals still;Wave the answer back to heaven,“By Thy grace we will.”
In the hymnals
- Written in 1870, the words are in 175 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.