Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12
Words: Alfred H. Miles, in The Spirit of Praise, edited by Alfred Arthur (Cleveland, Ohio: Ingham, Clarke & Company and Lauer & Yost, 1882), number 158.
Music: Dundalk Alfred H. Miles, 1882 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Miles (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The trumpet call of duty
Is sounding thro’ the air!
It calls for strength and beauty,
It calls the brave and fair;
It calls to strife and sorrow,
To present toil and pain,
But victory tomorrow
Shall bring eternal gain.
Refrain
The battle ever rages
Betwixt the false and true;
And while the conflict wages,
We must be fighting, too.
Our fathers fought before us,
And triumphed in the past;
Their spirits hover o’er us,
And sound the trumpet blast.
Arise with might and vigor,
And smite each error down,
For they who serve with vigor,
With joy shall wear the crown.
Refrain
Wherever pride oppresses,
Wherever ills abound,
Wherever wrong distresses,
Our battlefield is found;
Wherever duty calls us,
And conscience bids us go,
Whatever else befalls us,
We can but triumph know.
Refrain