Lead On, O King Eternal

Words:
Ernest W. Shurtleff
Music:
Henry Smart

Sheet music

  1. 1Lead on, O King Eternal,The day of march has come;Henceforth in fields of conquestThy tents shall be our home;Thru days of preparationThy grace has made us strong,And now, O King Eternal,We lift our battle song.
  2. 2Lead on, O King Eternal,Till sin’s fierce war shall cease,And holiness shall whisperThe sweet Amen of peace;For not with swords loud clashing,Nor roll of stirring drums;With deeds of love and mercy,The heav’nly kingdom comes.
  3. 3Lead on, O King Eternal,We follow, not with fears;For gladness breaks like morningWhere’er Thy face appears;Thy cross is lifted o’er us:We journey in its light;The crown awaits the conquest:Lead on, O God of might!

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1887, the words are in 468 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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