Scripture Verse

A good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3

Introduction

Words: D. E. Ma­thews, in Har­vest Bells No. 1, ed­it­ed by Will­iam E. Penn (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1887).

Music: Tho­mas J. Law­rence (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Ma­thews’ full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Law­rence (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Children, in one glo­ri­ous ar­my,
Marching to our heav’n­ly home;
We will love our bless­èd Sav­ior,
And from Him no more will roam.

Refrain

March on, march on,
Do not lin­ger here;
For the Cap­tain’s near us,
And we need not fear.

Children, join us, oh, de­lay not,
For the Sav­ior bids you come;
We are march­ing home to vic­to­ry,
And the prize will soon be won.

Refrain

In the Sab­bath school each Sun­day,
There we meet to learn of Him,
Meet to learn how once He suf­fered
To re­deem our souls from sin.

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Many times the way seems dark­ened,
By the snares cast in the way,
But the Cap­tain will de­feat them,
And will hold the foe at bay.

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Then, dear child­ren, do you hear not?
Will you not with us unite?
Come and go, for now’s the bid­ding
To the work­ers for the right.

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