Scripture Verse

The Lamb…shall feed them and…lead them. Revelation 7:17

Introduction

Words: Al­fred S. Dy­er (1849–1926). Pub­lished in Young Peo­ple’s Songs of Praise, by I. Al­lan San­key (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1902), num­ber 126.

Music: Tri­este James H. Burke, 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Dy­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
James H. Burke (1858–1901)

Lyrics

Hark! a voice is call­ing,
Who will go to­day?
Who My ser­vice seek­ing,
Will not say Me nay;
Who will bear My ban­ner
Forward in the fight,
’Gainst My foes en­gag­ing,
Stand for truth and right?

Refrain

Jesus leads His ar­my,
’Neath His flag un­furled,
All our foes de­feat­ing,
Right shall rule the world!

On God’s might re­ly­ing
Till the vic­to­ry’s won,
Satan’s host de­feat­ing,
Gird our ar­mor on;
For the cause that’s ho­ly,
For the right that’s grand,
For His war­fare sole­ly,
Join we heart and hand!

Refrain

Hear the tramp of le­gions,
Marching as they sing,
Glory to our lead­er,
Glory to our king
;
One in ho­ly pur­pose,
From the near and far,
Hear the voic­es ring­ing,
Marching to the war!

Refrain