If you’re in the bat­tle for the Lord and right,
Keep on the fir­ing line;
If you’d sure­ly win, my bro­ther, you must fight,
And keep on the fir­ing line;
There are ma­ny dan­gers ev­ery­one must face,
If you die a-fight­ing that is no dis­grace;
With the Lord for cow­ards you will find no place,
So keep on the fir­ing line.

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Then fight brave against all ev­il,
Never run or ev­en lag be­hind;
If you would win for God and right,
Keep on the fir­ing line.

God will on­ly use the sol­diers He can trust,
To keep on the fir­ing line;
If you’d wear a crown then bear a cross you must,
And keep on the fir­ing line;
Life is ours to la­bor for the Mas­ter here,
Help to ban­ish ev­il and to spread good cheer;
Great re­ward He gives you for the ser­vice here,
So keep on the fir­ing line.

Refrain

When you get to glo­ry, bro­ther, you’ll be glad
God had the fir­ing line;
How you’ll praise the Mas­ter for the call you had,
To get on the fir­ing line;
When you see the pre­cious souls you helped to win,
Leading them to Je­sus from the paths of sin,
Hear the shout of wel­come when we all march in,
Who served on the fir­ing line.

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