’Twas the Lord of hosts that led us
Out of Egypt’s sand;
And He led us through the Red Sea
By His migh­ty hand,
Never halt­ing in the wil­der­ness,
But His com­mand
Gave as­sur­ance we were able
To pos­sess the land.

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We are able to go up and take the coun­try,
And pos­sess the land from Jor­dan to the sea;
And, though gi­ants tall be there our way to hin­der,
God will sure­ly give the vic­to­ry.

When the spies brought back the mes­sage,
This is what they said:
Against gi­ants and walled ci­ties,
We can­not be led;
But a Ca­leb and a Jo­shua said,
They’ll be as bread;
We are able to go up,
Possess the land ahead.

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When we crossed the riv­er Jor­dan,
In the land we found:
Wine and oil and milk and ho­ney,
Richest fruits abound;
Sparkling fount­ains, and the show­ers
Come up­on the ground;
We are able, Hal­le­lujah!
Let God’s praise re­sound.

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There’s no thirst­ing for old Egypt,
Since we’re in this way,
And we care not what the cri­tics
Or the ten spies say;
For the land abounds in plen­ty,
And we’re here to stay,
Won’t you come and join us,
Brother, en­ter in to­day?

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