Sound The Battle Cry

Words:
William F. Sherwin
Music:
William F. Sherwin

Sheet music

  1. 1Sound the battle cry!See, the foe is nigh;Raise the standard high For the Lord;Gird your armor on,Stand firm, ev’ry one,Rest your cause upon His holy Word.Rouse, then, soldiers! rally ‘round the banner!Ready, steady, pass the word along;Onward, forward, shout aloud, Hosanna!Christ is Captain of the mighty throng.
  2. 2Strong to meet the foe,Marching on we go,While our cause we know Must prevail;Shield and banner brightGleaming in the light,Battling for the right, We ne’er can fail,Rouse, then, soldiers! rally ‘round the banner!Ready, steady, pass the word along;Onward, forward, shout aloud, Hosanna!Christ is Captain of the mighty throng.
  3. 3Oh! Thou, God of all,Hear us when we call,Help us, one and all, By Thy grace;When the battle’s done,And the victory won,May we wear the crown Before Thy face.Rouse, then, soldiers! rally ‘round the banner!Ready, steady, pass the word along;Onward, forward, shout aloud, Hosanna!Christ is Captain of the mighty throng.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1869, the words are in 292 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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