Scripture Verse

The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14

Introduction

Words: Grace R. Ol­iv­er, in Songs of the King­dom, by W. How­ard Doane (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­er­ican Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­cie­ty, 1896).

Music: John Brown’s Bo­dy, pos­si­bly by John Will­iam Stef­fe (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

My soul has seen a vi­sion
Of the con­quest of the world,
When Sa­tan and his forc­es
From their bat­tle­ments are hurled,
And o’er the land the Bi­ble,
Like a sig­nal flag un­furled,
Speaks loy­al­ty to Christ.

Refrain

We shall see the truth so glo­ri­ous
Over all the earth vic­to­ri­ous,
For the stan­dard lift­ed ov­er us
Is loy­al­ty to Christ.

No more shall strife and hat­red
Bring dis­hon­or to our God,
For right­eous­ness, whose work is peace,
Shall spread her wings abroad;
And they who win the con­quest
Are the bear­ers of the Word,
In loy­al­ty to Christ.

Refrain

The des­ert place shall blos­som,
And the wil­der­ness re­joice;
The lame shall leap, the blind shall see,
The dumb lift up their voice;
The floods shall clap their hands, the earth
Shall make a joy­ful noise,
In loy­al­ty to Christ.

Refrain