Scripture Verse

God Himself is with us for our captain. 2 Chronicles 13:12

Introduction

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James Fillmore (1849–1936)

Words: Fron­ia S. Sa­vage, in Heart Songs, ed­it­ed by Fred­er­ick A. Fill­more (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1890), num­ber 40.

Music: James H. Fill­more (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

We are march­ing to a land above,
Beautiful land above, beau­ti­ful land above;
To a land where dwells eter­nal love,
The beau­ti­ful land above.
And we sing a glad, tri­um­phant song,
Marching along, march­ing along, march­ing along.
While our glo­ri­ous cap­tain leads us on,
Marching along, march­ing along, march­ing along.
We are march­ing to a land above,
Beautiful land above, beau­ti­ful land above;
To a land where dwells eter­nal love,
Beautiful land above, land above.

We are march­ing toward the ci­ty fair,
Beautiful ci­ty fair, beau­ti­ful ci­ty fair;
Where the an­gel an­thems fill the air,
The beau­ti­ful ci­ty fair.
And we sing a glad, tri­um­phant song,
Marching along, march­ing along, march­ing along.
While our glo­ri­ous cap­tain leads us on,
Marching along, march­ing along, march­ing along.
We are march­ing toward the ci­ty fair,
Beautiful ci­ty fair, beau­ti­ful ci­ty fair;
Where the an­gel an­thems fill the air,
Beautiful ci­ty fair, ci­ty fair.

We are march­ing to the home of God,
Beautiful home of God, beau­ti­ful home of God;
And our guide­book is His ho­ly Word,
The beau­ti­ful Word of God.
And we sing a glad, tri­um­phant song,
Marching along, march­ing along, march­ing along.
While our glo­ri­ous cap­tain leads us on,
Marching along, march­ing along, march­ing along.
We are march­ing to the home of God,
Beautiful home of God, beau­ti­ful home of God;
And our guide­book is His ho­ly Word,
Beautiful Word of God, Word of God.