Kingdom Service Song Book (1944)
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Kingdom Service
Song Book
"Sing unto Jehovah a new song." Psalm 149:1, A.S.V.
Kingdom Service Song Book
"Sing unto Jehovah a new song." Psalm 149:1, A.S.V.
Copyright, 1944, by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. Brooklyn, N.Y.
CONTENTS
Song No. Song No.
A Life of Praise ... 15 Loyalty ... 58
Adore and Praise the Lord ... 43 On the Offensive ... 40
Arise and Shine! ... 33 On to Victory! ... 25
Arm of the Lord, Awake! ... 2 Our Daily Warfare ... 55
Armageddon ... 49 Praise the King of Eternity ... 13
Basic Training for Warfare ... 10 Praise the Lord ... 21
Blessed Are the People! ... 7 Praise Waits for Thee in Zion ... 44
Blessed Zion ... 62 Rejoice! Jehovah Reigns ... 30
Cause for Gratitude ... 57 Rejoicing in Service ... 8
Christ's Glorious Reign ... 23 Send Out Thy Light ... 48
Consecration ... 51 Song of the Free ... 41
Courage, Press On! ... 29 Take Sides with Jehovah! ... 38
Diligence and Unity ... 24 Tell His Worth ... 42
Earth's New King! ... 47 Tell It Out! ... 50
Eternal God, Our Help ... 39 The Day of Jehovah ... 54
Examine Me, O God ... 11 The Glorious Treasure of Service ... 60
“Fear Them Not!” ... 12 The Glory of Jehovah ... 53
Fearlessness ... 14 The Great Shepherd ... 31
Fidelity ... 22 The Greater Jephthah Calls ... 1
Flee to the Kingdom ... 45 The Lord, a Sun and Shield ... 46
‘Forward’ Be Our Watchword ... 16 The Message of the Kingdom ... 35
Forward Go! ... 26 The Servant’s Prayer ... 27
Giving Jehovah the Praise ... 17 The Song of Moses and the Lamb ... 3
Hail the Reigning King! ... 34 The Sword of the Lord
Hear the Call! ... 61 and of Gideon! ... 52
I Am Jehovah! ... 28 The Vindicator ... 59
Jehovah Be Thy Fear ... 5 The Word of Truth ... 4
Jehovah’s Goodness ... 18 Then Shall They Know! ... 36
Joyful Service ... 19 Thou Art Our Song! ... 20
“Let God Arise” ... 37 To the Work! ... 56
Loud Hosannas to Jehovah ... 6 Who Shall Not Fear Thee? ... 32
NOTE: As far as possible the songs have been arranged in alphabetical order according to the opening word of the first verse.
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The Greater Jephthah Calls
Briskly; with strength
A-rise! A-rise! Ye hosts of God, Gird firm your armor on.
He calls! He calls! With joy we haste, To join him in the fray.
No more at ease shall we sit down, But in his strength we go.
The time has come for all to fight Till vic-t'ry has been won.
His strength shall bear our spirits up To press on in his way.
With boldness, trusting in his grace, We fear not an-y foe.
The Greater Jephthah goes before; He leads his mighty throng.
We're willing in his day of pow'r To serve as he doth guide.
Oh, use us, Lord, to serve for thee, Shield us with pow'r divine.
Then rise and join thee in the ranks; His truth shall be our song.
With loyal and with faithful hearts, We la-bor on his side.
No credit for our-selves we claim, The vic-to-ry be thine!
Arm of the Lord, Awake!
(Isaiah 51:9)
Arm of the Lord, a-wake, a-wake! Put on thy strength,the na-tions shake,
Say to the hea-then from thy throne,'I am Je-ho-vah, God a-lone';
Val-iant art thou for truth and right, The first-born of the world to smile;
Ye sons of God, his name pro-claim, In ev-ry enime make known his fame;
And let thy faith - ful serv-ants see Thy tri-umphs and thy maj-es - ty. Thy voice their i-dols shall con-found, And cast their al-tars to the ground. Thy judgments Sa-tan's ar-mies doom, The "Red Sea", too, shall be their tomb.
Let ad - verse pow'rs be-fore him fall, And hail Je-ho - vah God o'er all.
The Song of Moses and the Lamb (Revelation 15:3,4)
A - wake! and join the song Of Mo - ses and the Lamb;
Who shall not fear thee, Lord, And glo - ri - fy thy name?
Ho - ly art thou a - lone; Na - tions shall come to thee
Oh, tell to ev - 'ry one These bless - ed ti - dings grand:
Soon all that song shall sing, And show Je - ho - vah's praise;
The Song of Moses and the Lamb- Concluded
Wake ev-'ry heart and Just are thy ways, and And wor-ship low be Re-gen-er-a-tion Their hom age to him
ev-'ry tongue true thy Word; fore thy throne has be-gun, gladly bring
To Thy And The And
praise Je-ho-vah's works, of end-less fear thy maj-es King-dom is at own His right-eous
name.
fame.
ty.
hand.
The Word of Truth (Proverbs 3:13-17)
Bless - ed Bi - ble, pre-cious Word, Boon most sa - cred from the Lord;
'Tis a lamp of pur-est light Guid ing feet through depths of night;
'Tis a spring of wa-ter clear Of-f'ring life to all that hear.
'Tis God's word, in-spired and true; Gives re-proof, in-struc-tion too;
Glo- ry to his name be giv'n For this gra-cious gift from heav'n. 'Tis the torch of lib- er - ty; Yea, its "truth shall make you free". Free- ly drink, O thirst-y one; Who- so- ev- er will may come. That His serv-ants per-fect- ly For good works may fur-nished be.
Jehovah Be Thy Fear (Isaiah 8:13)
Bear to the world my mes - sage now; With zeal per-form thy vow;
This is the day and this the hour When Sa - tan shows his pow'r
Not in thine own strength canst thou stand; I'll hold thee with my hand,
From house to house and pub - lic - ly My faith- ful wit- ness be. To still the voice of those who bring The mes- sage of my King. And though the fight- ing may be fierce No dart thy shield can pierce.
What though the wick - ed thee mis - treat, To suf - fer thus 'tis meet; Thou may'st not man or dev-il fear; Thou may'st not heed their sneer; Fight brave - ly on and thou shalt see My glo - rious vic - to - ry!
Let not thy heart shrink in a-larm; Trust in my Might-y Arm. But steadfast fix thy watchful eye Up-on thy God, Most High. Press on! the bat-tle draw-eth near; Je-ho-vah be thy fear.
Loud Hosannas to Jehovah (Isaiah 28:16)
Loud Hosannas to Jehovah
(Isaiah 28:16)
With vigor!
Christ, the New World's sure foundation, Is the temple's corner-stone,
Zion, that devoted city, Dear-ly loved of God on high,
In thy temple, where we bless thee, Grant us grace to stand each day;
Cho-sen of the Lord, and precious, Binding all the church in one;
In exultant ju-bi-la-tion Pours out heart-felt mel-o-dy,
In the shadow of thy strong hand Keep thy sheep from harm, we pray,
Holy Zion's help for ever, And her confidence alone.
God's high praises boldly singing In the homes and publicly.
And in perfect peace sustain them While their minds on thee they stay.
Chorus
Loud ho-san-nas to Je-ho-vah In the name of Jesus sing!
Blessed Are the People!
(Psalm 89:15)
Bless-ed are the peo - ple Who know the joy-ful sound, With whom thy truth
Sa - tan and his le-gions Are press-ing all a - round; So let your faith
Do not lose your cour-age If man - y turn a - way, If they the truth
is found, Who spread it all a-round; For they shall ev-er walk in the a-bound, Make earth with praise re-sound. Je-ho-vah has pro-vid-ed A gain-say; Still watch and fight and pray; For we must stand the test And in-
light of thy face, Find-ing, as they serve, Rich sup-plies of thy grace. ref-uge for the meek; He will all those shield Who His righteousness seek. teg-ri - ty dis-play. Hav-ing God's ap-prov-al, Care not what men say.
Chorus
Bless'd is the nation whose God is the Lord; Bless'd is
Blessed Are the People!- Concluded
the man who dai - ly walks in His word. Heed His King-dom mes-sage
Rejoicing in Service (Psalm 84:4-7)
Joyfully
Chil-dren of the heav'n-ly King, As we jour - ney let us sing;
Walk-ing hum-bly with our God, In the way our Mas-ter trod,
Let us with a read-y mind Feed with truth the sheep we find;
E'en tho' bit-ter foes we meet, Per-se-cu-tion we'll de-feat;
Sound Jehovah's Praise Abroad
Come, sound his praise a-broad, And psalms of glo-ry sing;
He formed the deeps un-known; He gave the seas their bound;
Come, wor - ship at his throne; Come, bow be - fore the Lord:
To-day at-tend his voice, Nor dare pro-voke his rod;
Basic Training for Warfare
March; moderate
E - quip me for the war, And teach me how to fight;
With nev - er flag - ging zeal, Let me de - clare thy ways,
And teach me, Lord, the art With wis - dom to re - move
Con - trol my ev - 'ry thought; My tal - ents all en - list;
My mind and heart, O Lord, pre - pare, And guide my words a - right. And help the blind-ed ones to see Thy truth de- clares thy praise. The er - rors that de-ceive the heart, And truth to clear- ly prove. And may my zeal, to judg- ment brought, Prove true be-neath thy test.
Ex - am - ine me, and do me prove; Try heart and reins, O God;
That I, with voice of thank-ful -ness, May pub - lish and de - clare,
With sin-ners gath - er not my soul, Nor take my life a-way;
For thy love is be - fore mine eyes, Thy paths of truth I've trod. And tell of all thy might-y works, That great and won-drous are. With men of wick-ed-ness that seek The in - no - cent to slay.
Mine hands in in - no - cence, O Lord, I'll wash and pu - ri - fy;
The hab - i-ta - tion of thy house, Lord, I have lov - ed well;
But as for me, Lord, I will walk In mine in - teg - ri - ty,
So to thine ho - ly al - tar go Yea, in that place I do de - light And midst the peo - ple of good - will
And com - pass it will I:
Where doth thine hon-or dwell.
I ev - er shall bless thee.
"Fear Them Not!"
(Matthew10:28)
Trem - ble not be - fore your foe! Let all men of good - will know Tho' they use fair speech and smile The un-war-y to be-guile, Tho' you die up-on the field, E-ven death to me shall yield.
That Je - ho - vah, God Al- might-y, Soon shall strike the dead - ly blow Fear them not, my faith-ful war-riors; Fight! nor let your hearts be faint; Fear them not who kill the bod-y But can - not de - stroy the soul.
And de - stroy their proud op-pres-sor, Let-ting all his cap-tives go. For your God pre-serves his faith-ful, Keeps them free from all restraint! To the end, oh, be ye faith-ful! I will bring you to your goal.
"Fear Them Not!"-Concluded
In triumphant praise
E - ter-nal God, ce - les - tial King, Ex - alt - ed be thy glo-rious name;
My heart is fixed on thee, my God; I rest my hope on thee a - lone;
A-wake, my tongue; a - wake, my lyre; With morning's earliest dawn a-rise;
With those who in thy grace a - bound, To thee I'll raise my thankful voice;
While hosts in heav'n thy prais-es sing Let those on earth I'll spread thy sa- cred truths a-broad, And to man-kind To songs of joy my soul in-spire, And swell your mu May ev-'ry land, the earth a-round, Yet hear, and in
thy love pro - claim.
thy love make known.
sic to the skies.
thy name re - joice.
Fearlessness "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
--Romans 8:31.
Firmly; with confidence
Fear not, O flock of God, the foe Who mad-ly seeks your o-ver-throw;
Be of good cheer; your cause be-longs To him who can a-venge your wrongs;
Je - ho - vah God, O grant our pray'r; For thy name's sake thine arm make bare,
Dread not his rage and pow'r;What though your cour-age some-times faints, Leave it to him, our Lord: Though hid - den now from hu - man eyes, Let not base men pre-vail. A jest thine en-e-mies are grown;
His seem-ing tri-umph o'er God's saints Lasts but a lit-tle hour. Faith sees the Gid-eon who shall rise Toae-com-plish all God's Word. Thou art with us, we are thine own; Our vic-t'ry can-not fail.
A Life of Praise (Psalm 104:33)
Joyously; from the heart
A Life of Praise
(Psalm 104: 33)
Joyously; from the heart
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God, In ev-'ry part with praise,
Fill ev-'ry part of me with praise; Let all my pow-ers speak
That all my con-duct may pro-claim Thy be-ing and thy ways.
Of thee and of thy love, O Lord, Poor though I be, and weak.
Not for the lip of praise a-lone, Nor e'en the prais-ing heart
So shalt thou, Lord, from me, e'en me, Re-ceive the glo-ry due;
I ask, but for a life made up Of praise in ev-'ry part.
And so shall I begin to sing The song for-ev-er new.
'Forward!'
Be Our Watchword (Exodus 14:15)
'Forward!' be our watchword, Steps and voic-es joined; Seek the things be-fore us,
For-ward, flock of Je - sus, Salt of all the earth, Till God's gracious purpose
Glo-ries up-on glo-ries Hath our God prepared, By all those that love him
Not a look be - hind; Burns the fier - y pil - lar At our ar- my's head; Comes to glorious birth. Mourning ones crave com - fort, Blind ones grope for day; This day to be shared; Eye hath not be - held them, Ear hath nev- er heard,
Who shall dream of shrinking, By our Cap-tain led? Forward in the service, Shed up - on the na-tions Christ's bright Kingdom ray.Forward'gainst gross error, Nor of these hath ut-tered Tho't or speech a word. Forward, march straight forward,
Through the toil and fight;
Scat - ter gloom of night;
In the path of light,
Je-sus goes be-fore us, Zi-on beams with light. Forward thro' the darkness,For-ward in-to light. Till the veil is lift-ed,Till our faith be sight.
Giving Jehovah the Praise (1 Corinthians 4:7)
Giving Jehovah the Praise
(1 Corinthians 4:7)
Flowing; not too slowly
Give praise to Jehovah! 'Tis noth-ing of thine,
Set him e'er before thee; Keep self out of sight;
Go forth with re-joic-ing, Heav'n's com-fort to strew;
This light that is shin-ing With glo-ry di-vine.
So shalt thou shine for him With heav'n's ra-diant light.
Give thanks for each serv-ice He giv-eth to do.
Thou hast noth-ing wor- thy Thou didst not re-ceive
Walk e'er in his pres-ence, Give God the first place,
Give praise to Jehovah; His King-dom pro-claim.
From God, thy Cre-ator; To him hon-or give.
En-deav-or-ing al-ways His mes-sage to place.
Till earth's teem-ing mil-lions Shall hon-or His name.
Jehovah's Goodness (Psalm 145:9)
Jehovah's Goodness
(Psalm 145:9)
Flowing; with feeling
Introduction
God's kind and tender mercies Are poured out over all (o-ver all);
The great heart of Je-ho-vah Inclinest'ward all who fear (all who fear),
We praise thee for the goodness In all thy dealings shown (dealings shown),
Up-on the just and un-just He mak-eth rain to fall (rain to fall).
Who hope in his rich mercy, And would thro' Christ draw near (would draw near).
For all the truth and promise Thou hast to us made known ( hast made known).
To those who sit in dark-ness And shadow of death's night,
His infinite compassion Sets all the pris-'ners free.
Firm as the Rock of Ag-es, Thy promise stands secure;
Jehovah's Goodness-Concluded
"A-rise, come forth!" he cri-eth, "And Christ will give you light (give you light)." We praise thy name; for mer-ey, Great God, is found in thee (found in thee). Thy boundless love and mer-ey For - ev - er shall en-dure (shallendure).
19 Joyful Service
(Acts 2: 46, 47)
Briskly; joyously
Go we forth with glad-ness now to serve our King;
In Je-ho-vah's service there is work for all;
While we share with glad-ness in his service sweet, All our gifts and Loy-al hearts and Giv-ing forth the
tal - ents to his work we bring; Though but small our serv - ice, yet there faith-ful, heed his gra -cious call; Sa - cred the com-mis-sion we've re mes-sage un-to those we meet, For this won-drous fa -vor to us
by we prove Our heart's full de-vo-tion and show forth our love. ceived from heav'n; Yea, to us rich bless-ings thro' the work are giv'n. here be - low, Grant-ing us such serv-ice, our high prais-es flow.
Thou Art Our Song!
(Isaiah 12:2)
Exultantly
Gracious Je-ho-vah, our strength and our song, Thou art our Mak-er; to
Those who ac-cept thee re-joice in thy light; Eyes that are opened be-
On, Lord, with joy we go, do-ing thy will; Tho' Sa-tan buffet, we're
thee we be-long; We are thy wit-ness-es bear-ing thy news
hold truth and right. Hail-ing thy king-dom, they hear thy com-mand;
trust-ing thee still; Though he may slay us, Lord, help us to be
Refrain
Whether men hear it or proud-ly re-fuse.
Mak-ing their choice, with Je-ho-vah they stand!
Ev-er thy wit-ness-es, faithful to thee.
Thou art our song,
Thy name ex-tol-ling all the day long!
Great God, we thank thee for the part We have in mak-ing glad thy heart;
E - ter-nal are thy mer-cies, Lord; E - ter-nal truth at-tends thy Word;
Your loft-y themes, ye mort-tals, bring; In songs of praise ex-ult-ing sing;
In ev-'ry land swell loud the song; From house to house bear it a-long;
For all thy lov-ing-kind-ness shown Thy praise we joy-ous-ly make known. Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, World with-out end, for-ev-er-more. His vin-di-ca-tion loud pro-claim, And ev-er praise Je-ho-vah's name. The stand-ard for all peo-ples raise, And fill the earth with joy-ful praise.
Fidelity (2 Corinthians 4:6)
Fidelity
(2 Corinthians 4:6)
With vigor
God has now commanded That there shall be light
With the Kingdom message We go forth to spread
Set apart for service, Lord, we pledge to thee,
Breaking through the shadows Of earth's age-long night.
Comfort for the mourners, Hope for e'en their dead.
In the name of Jesus, Our fidelity.
From his holy temple Lightnings flash and shine,
All our strength to witness Comes from God alone;
We, thy chosen people, Will with joy proclaim
That we may be guided By the light divine.
He makes our commission To us clearly known.
Glo-ry, praise and hon-or To thy holy name.
Christ's Glorious Reign (Psalm 72)
Christ's Glorious Reign
(Psalm 72)
Tell it out!
Hail to the Lord's Anointed, Je-ho-vah's blessed Son!
He comes with succor speedy To those who suffer wrong;
To him let praise unceasing And dainly vows ascend;
Hail, in this day appointed, His reign on earth be-gun!
To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong;
His Kingdom, still increasing, Shall be without an end:
He comes to break oppression, To set the captives free,
To give them songs for sighing, Their dark-ness turn to light,
The righteous world shall never His love cease to proclaim;
To take a-way transgression, And rule in equity.
Whose souls, condemned and dying, Were pre-cious in his sight.
Theocracy will ever Up-hold Je-ho-vah's name.
Diligence and Unity
Earnestly; with spirit
Haste to the Kingdom service! 'Tis work your God did choose;
As one, let's raise the standard Of truth and righteousness;
It is required of soldiers That they shall loyal be;
As con-secrated chil-dren, Ye have no time to lose.
For 'tis un-nit-ed purpose That meets with sure success.
The called and chosen warriors Must keep integrity.
Quick! buck-le on the armor, And grasp faith's might-y shield;
Oh come, let us to-gether Ex-alt God's holy name,
Then let our cry be, 'On-ward!' Our Captain we'll o-bey,
The depth of love's devotion Is tested on the field.
Till all the hosts of Satan Are put to open shame.
Till victory attained is And truth has won the day.
On to Victory!
(Revelation 19:17)
On to Victory!
(Revelation 19: 17)
Forward marching
Heav'n's ar - my is ad - vane - ing; Its ev - 'ry pow'r it bends
Ag - gres - sive is our war - fare; In this E - li - sha's day,
Heav'n's ar - my is ad - vane - ing; Je - ho - vah shall pre - vail.
T'ward hon - or - ing Je - ho - vah And keep - ing his com - mands.
We speak God's word with bold - ness; No more we feel dis - may.
Un - til His vin - di - ca - tion, Oh, may our zeal ne'er fail.
What though the great red drag - on Wars'gainst God's rem - nant small,
The "True and Faith - ful Wit - ness" To vic - t'ry leads the way;
The vic - to - ry is cer - tain; Je - ho - vah's sure re - ward
In the shad - ow of his own hand God safely guards them all.
He takes the grand of - fen - sive; Let's join Him in the fray.
A - waits the tried and faith - ful, Who lay not down the sword.
26 Forward Go!
(Isaiah 28: 6)
Right from the heart
Have you a song to sing for Je-ho- - - vah? Have you a
Warriors of God, a - rise, join the ar - - my Un - der the
Not in your own might think ye to con - - quer; Not of your-
song of his reign and glo - ry? Have you a mes-sage clear for all Cap-tain of his Free Na-tion; Take up the shield of faith and the selves can ye win the bat - tle; But in the strength of God shall his
men to hear, And a com - mis - sion to tell the sto - ry? Spir- it's sword, And take the hel - met of his sal va - tion. hosts pre - vail, Bring- ing to nought Ba-shan's bulls and cat - tle.
Then forward go! Fear-less-ly go! Turn the
Yes, go! Fear-less-ly go!
Jeph-thah, who can - not fail. Fol-low-ing him, ye shall pre - vail!
The Servant's Prayer (Ephesians 6:18)
Heav'n-ly Fa - ther, Sov-'reign Lord, Be thy glo - rious name a - dored;
As our serv - ice we pur - sue Teach us, Lord, thy will to do.
Give us wis-dom from a - bove, Pure and gen - tle, full of love;
Let the joy to have a part In thy "strange work" fill our heart;
For thy mer-cies aye en - dure, Ev-er faith-ful, ev-er sure. Thy com-mandments we would keep,Bringing truth to oth-er sheep. Help us mer-ci-ful to be, And with-out par-tial-i-ty. And to pray,we ne'er shall cease,That thy king-dom may in-crease.
I Am Jehovah!
(Exodus 5:2;2 Kings 19)
I Am Jehovah!
(Exodus 5: 2; 2 Kings 19)
With confidence; not too slowly
Introduction
Hear Egypt's proud and haughty Phar-aoh
Hark! how the proud As-syr-ian monarch
See now the pow'rs of earth com-bin-ing
Refuse to let the He-brews
Defied the God of Is-rael's
To resist the reign of God's dear
go!
king!
Son!
"I know not Je-ho-vah! Who is he, That
"Thy God whom thou trust-est can-not save thee now; Bow thy
Yet fear tak-eth hold up-on their might-y men, While the
I should let his peo-ple go?" But whose was the pow'r that o-ver-neck to me and trib-ute bring!" But whose was the might-y Arm that poor of earth in an- guish groan. Ah! who shall de-stroy the proud op-
I Am Jehovah! – Concluded
threw his host That they perished in the depths of the sea?
slew his host, And turned the boast-er back whence he came?
pres-sor's yoke, And de-liv-er all the meek of the earth?
And whose was the Arm that wrought de-liv-'rance then, And set his
And de-liv-ered his peo-ple from their dread-ed foe, And mag-ni-
And who shall es-tab-lish them in right-eous-ness, And turn their
Refrain
cho-sen peo-ple Is-rael free?
fied his great and ho - ly name? I am the Lord; there is no oth-er;
sor-row in - to songs and mirth?
on my holy moun-tain; Bow to his rule! My Son be-gins his reign!
Forward, ever forward
Courage, Press On!
(Isaiah 41: 10-16)
Forward, ever forward
He that is faith-ful, he that is loyal, Yields not his soul un-to fear,
Faith is the pow'r that spurs love to action; Love prompts to faithfulness now;
See in the midst of danger im-pend-ing Brave hearts redeeming their time.
Forward! Je-ho-vah, might-y in battle, Ex-horts us faith-ful to be
But lifts the ban-ner of hope 'mid earth's darkness Un-til the day dawn ap pear.
Zeal for their King moves the hearts of the loyal; Self-ish am-bi-tion must bow.
Dread of the bat-tle shows not on their fac-es; Beam they with courage sublime.
Till this world's sys-tems lie shorn of their glory And he hath gained vic-to-ry.
Chorus
Then go we forth! On-ward! press on! Ad-vanc-ing truth be our light.
Thus saith Je-ho-vah: I'll strengthen and help thee; Fear not, my peo-ple, to smite.
Rejoice, Jehovah Reigns
(Psalm 97:1)
Proclaim joyfully
Je-ho-vah reigns! Lift up thy voice, O earth and all ye heav'ns, re-joice;
The Lord is King! Make him your trust; The Judge of all the earth is just:
Je-ho-vah reigns! Soon all shall see The triumph of his majesty;
To all man-kind the ti-dings bring: 'The Lord Om-nip-o-tent is King!'
E-ter-nal truth marks all his ways; Let all that breathe speak forth his praise.
For he will make the ty-rant cease, Cause earth to yield her rich in-crease.
The Lord is King! And who shall dare Resist his will, dis-trust his care,
He reigns! Oh, then, ex-alt your strains, Your God is King! Je-ho-vah reigns!
And, with his King-dom to the fore, The nations shall learn war no more;
Or mur-mur at his wise de-crees, Or doubt his royal prom-is-es?
He hath installed on Zi-on's height His blessed Son with King-dom right.
But ev-'ry man sit un-a-fraid, Be-neath his vine and fig-tree's shade.
The Great Shepherd (Psalm 23)
The Great Shepherd
(Psalm 23)
Gladsomely
Je-ho-vah God is my shep-herd; So why should I worry or fret?
Tho' thro' the vale of death's shad-ow I walk, I shall fear no ill,
How wise and lov-ing my shep-herd! His prais-es with joy I sing;
For he who cares for his faith-ful sheep Will none of his own for - get.
For thou, Great Shepherd, art e'er with me; Thy staff doth bring com-fort still.
The cheer-ing news of his gentle care, To his other sheep I'll bring.
He lead-eth me by still wa-ters, My soul doth re-store and bless;
My head with oil thou a-noint-est; My cup hast thou well sup-plied;
His word I'll faith-ful-ly fol-low, Walk care-ful-ly in his way;
He guid-eth me for His own name's sake, In path-ways of right-eous-ness;
Thy mercy ev-er shall fol-low me, And in thy house I'll a-bide;
My glo-rious treasure of serv-ing him I'll grate-ful-ly use each day;
The Great Shepherd—Concluded
He guideth me for His own name's sake, In pathways of righteousness.
Thy mercy ever shall follow me, And in thy house I'll a-bide.
My glorious treasure of serving him I'll grate-ful-ly use each day.
Who Shall Not Fear Thee?
(Revelation 15: 3, 4)
Majestically
How won-drous and great thy works, God of praise! How just, King of
To nations long dark thy light must be shown; Pure worship and
saints, and true are thy ways! Oh, who shall not fear thee and
praise shall come to thy throne; Thy truth and thy judgments now
hon-or thy name? Thou on-ly art ho-ly; thou on-ly supreme.
spread all a-broad; All men of good-will shall confess thee their God.
Arise and Shine!
(Isaiah 60)
Full-voiced
Lift up, lift up thy voice with sing-ing, With strength, O Zi-on, lift thy voice;
No more shall wasting des - o-la-tion And vi-o-lence af-flict thy days;
The sun no more shall shine up-on thee, Nor moon her brightness give at night;
Thy sons and daughters,kings and strangers, As clouds of doves, to thee now fly.
'Mid earth's gross darkness set But thou shalt call thy walls For God him - self shall be With-in thy walls, safe from
praise ringing; The King is at thy gates, re-joice! Sal - va-tion, And all thy gates shall be named Praise. thy glo-ry, The Lord, thine ev-er-last-ing light. all dan-gers, They join in praising God Most High.
A - rise and shine in youth e-ter-nal, Thy light is come, thy King doth reign;
Soon he, at Ar-ma-ged-don's bat-tle, Shall vin-di-cate Je-ho-vah's name.
Hail the Reigning King!
(Psalm 110)
With joyous acclamation
Look, ye servants of Je-ho-vah, See the Son of David now,
En-e-mies are made his foot-stool By commandment of his God;
In this day of his great power Willing are his people free;
He shall judge among the nations, Fill the places with their slain,
Crowned as King, en-throned in glory; Ev-'ry knee to him shall bow.
In their midst he now is ruling, Send-ing forth with strength his rod.
From the womb of Zi-on's morning Fresh with dew of youth is he.
Wound the head o'er man-y coun-tries, Vin-di-cate Je-ho-vah's name!
Chorus
Hail him! Hail him! Hail him! Hail ye Zi-on's King!
Hail him! Hail him! Hail him! Of all kings, The King!
The Message of the Kingdom (Isaiah 55:7)
The Message of the Kingdom
(Isaiah 55:7)
Lively and earnestly
Introduction
— List! to the message of the Kingdom today,
Je-ho-vah through his witnesses call-eth today,
Oh, bless-ed is the man who will hearken today,
Oh, hear Jesus say, "O'er earth I hold sway;
"Ye wea-ry who pray, Re-joice now ye may;
And joy-fully say, "I'll serve thee for aye!"
Your ad-ver-sa-ry soon shall be taken away;
For Christ has come to reign and his hand shall not stay
For God pre-serves the faithful; to him hom-age pay,
The Message of the Kingdom- Concluded
Oh, has - ten to es - cape his de - cep - tions to - day!" 'Til want and pain and sor - row shall van - ish a - way." And ral - ly to his stand - ard and ne'er from it stray.
With joyful assurance
Then Shall They Know!
(Ezekiel 25:17)
With joyful assurance
Long have thy foes thy holy name reviled, With their deceit thy
Thy glorious pow'r, by Satan long de-fied, Soon shall be shown, and
Proud hearts that know no pit-y for the meek To hold their pow'r o'er
holy place defiled. Soon shall thy King thy right-eous-ness make known;
never more de-nied; Soon all his host, in Arma-ged-don's war,
all man-kind do seek. Thy might-y hand shall break the hateful yoke!
Refrain
Satan's domination shall be over-thrown.
With him shall perish, and deceive no more. Then shall they know thou
Soon shall they vanish who thy wrath pro-voke.
only art Je-ho-vah; Then shall they know thy ways are just and true;
Then Shall They Know! – Concluded
Then shall they know, through-out the whole creation,
All thou hast purposed thou wilt surely do!
“Let God Arise”
(Psalm 68)
Firmly; with power
Let God arise, and scattered Let all his enemies be;
As smoke is driv'n so drive thou them; As fire melts wax away,
But let thy righteous ones be glad: Let them be fore God's sight
Sing unto God, show forth his praise; Ex-tol him with your voice,
And let all those that do him hate Before his presence flee.
Before God's face let Satan's hosts So perish and decay.
Be very joyful; yea, let them Re-joice with all their might.
That rides on heav'n, by his name JAH; Lift up your heads; re-joice!
Take Sides with Jehovah!
(2 Corinthians 5:20)
Take Sides with Jehovah!
(2 Corinthians 5:20)
Beseechingly; with movement
Once with confession my sad heart was filled, Drink-ing the cup that re-
Now with my whole heart I'll serve thee, my Lord; Yes, to the hun-gry I'll
I will not fear what the Devil can do; Trust-ing Je-ho-vah, he'll
li-gion dist-tilled; Oh, with what glad-ness and joy it was thrilled
carry thy Word, Sharing with others the things I have heard—
carry me through. Tho' they be man-y and tho' we be few
Refrain
When thy sweet message I heard(when I heard)!
Prais-ing the name of my God (of my God)! Take sides with Je-ho-vah;
God is our strength and our song (and our song)!
Make him your de-light; He'll never for-sake you; Walk e'er in his
Take Sides with Jehovah!-Concluded
light.
Tell, tell the glad ti - dings
free-dom and
peace,
O God, our help in ag-es past, Our hope for years to come,
Be-neath the shad-ow of thy hand Thy peo-ple dwell se-cure;
Be-fore the hills in or - der stood, Or earth re-ceived her frame,
That we our hearts to wisdom ap-ply, Teach us to number our days;
On the Offensive "Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ?"
-2 Timothy 2:3.
With determination
On the Offensive
“Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ!”
2 Timothy 2: 3.
With determination
Often in danger, oft in woe, On-ward, Christians,
On-ward, Christians, on-ward go, Join the war and
Let your faith-ful hearts be glad; March, in heav'n-ly
On-ward, then, in battle move; More than con-qu'rors
On-ward go; Fight the fight, maintain the strife, Strength-ened
face the foe; Will ye flee in danger's hour? Know ye
armor clad; Fight, nor think the battle long; Vict-t'ry
ye shall prove; Though opposed by man-y a foe, Christian
with the bread of life, Strength-ened with the bread of life.
not your Captain's pow'r? Know ye not your Captain's pow'r?
soon shall be your song, Vict-t'ry soon shall be your song.
sol-diers, on-ward go, Christian sol-diers, on-ward go.
Song of the Free "For freedom did Christ set us free."
-Galatians 5:1, A.S.V.
Praise to God, by whose A - noint - ed Fast for free - dom
As the light in - creas - eth ev - er, Shin - ing more to
O - opened are the gates of Zi - on, By her King in
Bold - ly will we take truth's ar - rows, Smite the earth un-
O - pened are the gates of Zi - on, By her King in
Bold - ly will we take truth's ar - rows, Smite the earth un -
we now stand; To re - li - gion's voke of bond - age
per -fect day, With his wise and faith-ful servant dew of youth; En-ter ye with his free na-tion, ceas ing ly; For God's ar-row of de-liv 'rance
Nev - er shall we lay the hand, Nev - er shall we lay the hand. Let us press on in the way, Let us press on in the way. Bear - ing wit - ness to the truth, Bear - ing wit - ness to the truth. Gives sure hope of vic - to - ry, Gives sure hope of vic - to - ry.
Tell His Worth
(Psalm 150)
Praise the Lord, his glories show, Saints with in his courts be low,
Praise the Lord, ye other sheep Who his testimony keep;
Praise the Lord, his mercies trace; Praise his providence and grace:
Strings and voices, hands and hearts, In the concert bear your parts;
An angels round his throne above, All that see and share his love.
In His temple day and night, Praise ye him with all your might.
All that he for man hath done; All he sends us through his Son.
All that breathe, your Lord adore; Praise him, praise him ever more!
Exultingly
Praise the Lord! ye heav'n, adore him; Praise him, angels in the height;
Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken; Worlds his might-y voice o-beyed;
Praise the Lord, for he is glorious; Never shall his promise fail;
Praise the God of our salvation; Hosts on high, his pow'r pro-claim;
Sun and moon, re-joice before him; Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Laws which never shall be broken, For their guidance he hath made.
He shall make his saints victorious; Satan's hosts shall not pre-vail.
Heav'n and earth, and all creation, Laud and magnify his name.
Praise Waits for Thee in Zion (Psalm 65)
Praise Waits for Thee in Zion
(Psalm 65)
Heartfelt; not too slowly
Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord, un-to thee vows paid shall be;
O God of our salvation, Thy righteousness to men make known;
Thy hand sets fast the mount-tains, Thy voice the trou-bled sea doth still;
O thou that hear-est prayer, All flesh shall come to thee.
At Arm-a-ged-don answer Our pray'rs un-to thy throne.
Each day pro-claims thy glories, Thy blessings all earth fill.
Bless-ed is he whom thou choos-est Thro' Christ t'ap-proach to thee,
Thou art the con-fidence ev-er Of all the ends of the earth;
Thy year of good-ness thou crown-est; Thro' thee the des-erts sing;
That he with-in thy temple, Lord,
Oh, give us strength to praise thy name
Thy paths drop rich with fat-ness, Lord,
May e'er a dwell-er be.
And show forth all thy worth.
And men praise thee, their King.
Flee to the Kingdom (Zephaniah 2:3)
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek ones and low-ly; Seek righteousness and seek
Ho, ye that hun-ger for truth and for jus-tice, Why long-er sigh ye and
Look up, yea, lift up your heads with re-joic-ing, See all the signs that the
meek - ness to - day; Thus it may be in the day of his an - ger, That cry out in pain? Seek now God's way to es - cape the op-pres - sor; Sub King - dom is here; Wel-come the light that Je - ho - vah is send - ing, And
ye shall be hid-den a-way.
mit yourselves un- to Christ's reign.
let him a-lone be your fear.
Flee to the Kingdom, God's way of escape;
Firm on his side take your stand; There shall you find his pro-
The Lord, a Sun and Shield (Psalm 84:11)
Sun of my life, my Fa-ther dear, I know no night when thou art near.
Shield to my soul, tho' demons rage And 'gainst me hosts of foes en-gage,
Thy grace and glo-ry thou dost give To those who near thee ev - er live;
Thy choic-est treas-ure, e'en thy Son, Thy well-be - loved and on - ly One,
Yea, thou who spar-edst not thy Son, Whose sac-ri - fice our ran-som won,
Oh, may no earth-born cloud a- rise To hide thee from thy serv-ant's eyes! My ref-uge and my for-tress thou, Be-fore thee ev-'ry foe must bow. And no good thing dost thou with-hold From sheep which stray not from thy fold. Free-ly thou gav-est once for me, From sin and death to set me free. Shalt, with him, all things free-ly give; He lives, a pledge that we shall live.
Earth's New King!
(Ephesians 6:11-17; Psalm2)
47 Earth's New King!
(Ephesians 6: 11-17; Psalm 2)
Stirring march
Introduction
See yon - der o'er the moun-tain tops— The sight my heart en -
Be - hold the shin-ing "shield of faith", To catch from each di-
The King him - self leads on the way; With joy their Lord they
For, lo, the time has come at last For Christ to reign in
tranc-es— Je - ho - vah's host, yea, God's e- lect, Full pan - o - plied, ad-
rec-tion The ad- ver - sa- ry's flam- ing darts Of cru - el, false in-
fol- low; He speaks the word and they o - bey,Nor fear they for to-
pow- er, And all his foes shall lick the dust, For now has come his
vanc-es! Each hel-met's crest a-gainst the sky Bids ig- no-rance and vec-tion. Each one in bat - tle plays his part, Nor grudg-es to en mor-row; Their two-edged "sword", the Word of God, Their feet with gra-cious hour! Je-ho-vah now makes bare his Arm! Oh, hear the trum-pet's
Earth's New King!- Concluded
er - ror fly; They shout a- loud their bat - tle cry: "Christ dure pain's smart; The glo- rious breast - plate o'er each heart Re- ti - dings shod, They walk the way their Mas - ter trod, E'en loud a- larm! Be wise, ye rul - ers, do no harm; Ye
reigns! O Earth, re - ceive him!" flects his Lord's per - fee - tion. un - to death they fol - low. judg - es, own his pow - er!
'Kiss the Son, lest
he be an - gry, And ye per - ish in the way!
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him to-day!
Send Out Thy Light (Psalm 43:3)
Send Out Thy Light
(Psalm 43: 3)
In entreaty
Send out thy light and truth, O Lord; Let them our leaders be
Send out thy light and truth, O Lord, Where sin's dark shad-ows fall;
Send out thy light and truth, O Lord; The blessed ti-dings spread
Send out thy light and truth, O Lord, And let the beams of day
To guide us to thy holy hill Where we shall worship thee.
A rouse the soldiers under Christ To heed the trumpet's call;
Till by those sweet e-van-gel tones All nations shall be led;
Break thro' the dismal gloom of night And guide men in thy way.
Send out thy light o'er land and sea, And bring thine "oth-er sheep" to thee.
Send out thy truth where error reigns, And cleanse a-way its crim-son stains.
Send out thy light, O Morning Star, And beam up-on the isles a-far.
Send out thy truth, oh, speed the hour When all the meek shall know its pow'r.
Chorus
Send out thy light, Thy light and truth, O Lord.
Armageddon (Habakkuk 3; Hosea 8)
With full assurance
Armageddon
(Habakkuk 3; Hosea 8)
With full assurance
The sun and moon are dark-ened, The ocean depths are stirred,
The forces of re-li-gion God's cov-'nant have trans-gressed;
Tho' fig tree fail to blos-som, No fruit be in the vine,
The age-a-bid-ing moun-tains Are scattered at God's word.
And the A-bom-i-nation Have they set up and blest.
The fields no meat be yielding, In stalls there be no kine,
The nations, rent a-sun-der, Did not of him in-quire;
While to the wind they're sow-ing Je-ho-vah sounds a-larm;
Yet in the Lord Je-ho-vah My heart shall e'er re-joice;
He stands the earth to measure In flam-ing judgment fire.
He'll make them reap the whirl-wind Of Arma-ged-don's storm.
The God of my sal-va-tion I'll praise with thank-ful voice.
Tell It Out!
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land." -Leviticus 25:10.
Tell It Out!
“Proclaim liberty throughout all the land.”
—Leviticus 25: 10.
With zeal for service
Tell it out among the nations that the Lord is King;
Tell it out among the people that the Savior reigns;
Tell it out among the people Jesus’ reign begins;
na-tions, bid them shout and sing; Tell it out! Tell it out!
pris’ners, bid them break their chains; Tell it out! Tell it out!
man-kind he the victory wins; Tell it out! Tell it out!
Tell it out with ex-ul-ta-tion that he shall increase,
Tell it out among the weeping ones that Jesus lives;
Tell it out among the cit-ies and from door to door;
Take my life and may it be, Lord, ac-cept - a - ble to thee;
Take my feet and let them be Swift on er-rands,Lord,for thee;
Take my lips and let them be Moved with mes-sa-ges from thee;
Take my mo-ments and my days;Let them flow in constant praise;
Take my heart and may it love Truth and wis-dom from a-bove;
Take my hands, and let them move At the im - pulse of thy love.
Take my voice and let it bring Hon- or al - ways to my King.
Take my sil - ver and my gold; Noth-ing, Lord, would I with-hold.
Take my in - tel - lect and use Ev - 'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose.
Take my - self— I wish to be Ev - er, on - ly, all for thee.
The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon!
(Judges 7: 18, 20)
Lively; from the heart
There's a call going out thro' the length of the land, To serve in the
All ye meek, will ye join with the Lord in his work? He seeks all the
Oh, then has ten a-way to the work for today; Go forth with your
army of Gideon; For our Captain has is-sued the willing and loyal. There is service for all; then re-heart filled with gladness; Com-fort all whom you meet with his
Chorus
final command To van-quish the co-horts of Mid-ian.
spond to his call, With thanks for this priv-i-lege roy-al. Then up, up, my message so sweet: His King-dom will ban-ish all sad-ness.
soul, lin-ger not; To-day must the bat-tle be fought; Let us com-pass the
The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon!-Concluded
The Glory of Jehovah (Psalm 19)
realms of bound-less space The soar ing mind may roam a -
of its glo - rious grace, We hail thee as the great First
worlds be-fore us bring, The earth ly gran-deur, fruit and
play thy grand de-signs; 'Tis when our eyes be - hold thy
The Day of Jehovah (Psalm 118:24)
The Day of Jehovah
(Psalm 118: 24)
Exultingly
"This is the day the Lord hath made," To magnify his Son;
Blest be the Lord, who comes to men With King-dom truth and light,
This is the day when "other sheep" For God do take their stand,
Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround the throne.
Who comes, in God Jehovah's name, To rule with pow'r and might.
And their integrity do keep, A faithful witness band.
Ho-san-na to the reigning King, To Zi-on's corner-stone!
Ho-san-nas in the highest strains His saints on earth now raise;
With-in the temple night and day They serve at his command;
Oh, send prosperity and bring salvation to thine own.
The heavens new in which he reigns Un-nite to give God praise.
They laud and praise His King al-way, And preach through-out the land.
Our Daily Warfare (Galatians 6:9)
Joyfully; with spirit
Our Daily Warfare
(Galatians 6:9)
Joyfully; with spirit
Tho' yes - ter - day's cam-paign is o'er, Be - hold a new be - gun!
Go forth, faith's shield o'er ev - 'ry heart, Bright hope on ev - 'ry helm;
So forth we go to meet the strife; We will not fear nor quail;
Not yet is closed the ho - ly war, Nor yet the tri - umph won;
Thro' that shall pierce no fi - 'ry dart, And this no fear o'er - whelm.
We love the ho - ly war-rior's life; Oh, may our strength ne'er fail!
Not yet the end, not yet re - pose; We hear our Cap-tain say:
Go in the spirit and the might Of him who led the way;
Lord God, our shield, al - might - y One, Thy wit - ness - es de - fend;
'Go forth a - gain to meet your foes, Ye chil - dren of the day!'
Give forth your wit - ness e'er the night Has turned to cloud-less day.
Grant them, tho' dark - ened be the sun, Thy true light to the end.
To the Work!
(Romans 12:11)
To the work! to the work! O ye serv-ants of God! Let us fol-low the
To the work! to the work! let the hun-gry be fed; To the foun-tain of
To the work! to the work! there is serv-ice for all; Soon the old world of
path that our Mas-ter has trod; With the joy of Je-ho - vah our life let the wea-ry be led. In our King and his ban - ner our dark-ness and er - ror shall fall, And the name of Je-ho - vah ex-
strength to re-new, Let us do with our might what our hands find to do. glo - ry shall be While we her - ald the ti-dings, Sal-va-tion is free! alt - ed shall be When his glo-ry shines forth thro' The The-oc-ra-cy.
Chorus
Has-t'ning on, Has-t'ning on, Has-t'ning
To the Work!-Concluded
"For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness."
Full and swelling
-1 saim 31: 21, A. B. V.
Thro' all the changing scenes of life, In trou-ble and in joy,
Oh, mag - ni - fy the Lord with me, In earth ex - alt his name;
The hosts of God en-camp a-round The dwell-ings of the just;
Oh, love the Lord, all ye his saints; The faith-ful he'll pre-serve;
The prais-es of my God shall still My heart and tongue em - ploy. When in dis-tress to him I called, He to my res-cue came. De- liv-'rance he af-fords to those Who on his suc-cor trust. Make but his serv-ice your de-light, And from it nev-er swerve.
Loyalty
"Fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the gospel." Philippians 1:27, Weym.
Up! ev - 'ry sol-dier on Christ's side en-list-ed, Sound loud the trumpet! Aye,
Clear comes the call for un-self - ish de-vo-tion That ev-'ry serv-ice with
gird for the fight! Mount Sa - lem's ram - parts; fight, shoul-der to shoul-der, joy will em - brace. Faith must dis - play its com - plete heart re - li - ance
tu - mult as - sem-bling, 'Gainst God's Anointed their rul-ers are set; Sa-tan, their God and Christ's brethren; With staunch allegiance your vows to him pay. While here ye
Loyalty-Concluded
prince, gives de-fy to Je-ho-vah. Short is his time ere he suf-fers de-feat. sojourn 'mid earth's gath'ring darkness,Hold high the torch of mil -len -ni -al day.
The Vindicator (Isaiah 63)
Who is this that comes from E - dom, All his rai-ment stained with blood,
'Tis the Log - os, now vic - to-rious, Trav'ling on -ward in his might;
Why that blood his rai-ment stain-ing? 'Tis the blood of man - y slain:
Might-y Vic - tor, reign for - ev - er; Wear the crown so dear - ly won;
To his sheep pro-claim-ing free-dom, Ven-geance to the foes of God, 'Tis Mes-si-ah! Oh, how glo-rious To his peo-ple is the sight! Boz-rah's goats—there's none re-main-ing—None God's fair name to pro-fane; Will-ing shall thy peo-ple ev-er Be and sing what thou hast done.
Glo - rious in the garb he wears, Glo- rious in the spoils he bears?
Je - sus now is strong to save, Might-y to re-deem the slave.
Ar - ma - ged - don has been fought, And de - liv - er- ance is wrought.
Thou hast fought Je - ho - vah's foes; Thou wilt heal all man-kind's woes.
The Glorious Treasure of Service (2 Corinthians 4:1,5-7)
We thank thee, Lord, for us - ing us For thee to work and speak,
We thank thee, gra-cious God, that we May tes - ti - mo - ny give
Be-cause in earth-en ves-sels we Such heav-'nly treas-ure bear,
How - ev - er trem-bling is the hand, The voice how - ev - er weak. To those who un- der Sa-tan's thrall In earth's gross dark-ness live. Help us as a - ble min-is- ters Thy glo-ries to de- clare;
We thank thee, Lord, that some true rays Of light from us have shone O glo - rious trea - ure, rich - er far Than serv - ing men could bring,
To wor - ship thee as wit - ness - es In spir - it and in truth,
In - to a world so dark as ours, How-ev-er faint and wan. Thus to be used, in work like this, So long, by such a king! With face as bold and un-a-shamed As in our Chris-tian youth.
Hear the Call! "Put on the whole armour of God."-Ephesians 6:11.
Yon - der on fair Zi-on's moun-tain, Stands her King in faith-ful-ness;
Trust in him who is your Cap-tain; Let no heart in ter-ror quail;
On-ward marching,firm and stead-y, Turn the bat-tle to the gate,
Cong'ring bands with ban-ners wav-ing, Press-ing on o'er hill and plain.
Vol - un-teers he calls for serv - ice In his fight for right-eous-ness. Je - sus leads his will-ing peo - ple; In his name they shall pre-vail. Till Je - ho - vah gains the vic - t'ry And his name doth vin - di - cate. Ne'er shall halt till swells the an-them, "Christ o'er all the earth doth reign!"
Hear the call! Oh, gird your ar-mor on! Grasp the spir - it's might-y sword;
Blessed Zion "They shall prosper that love thee."
Psalm 122:6.
Blessed Zion
"They shall prosper that love thee."
— Psalm 122: 6.
Brightly
Zion, thrice happy place, A dorned with wondrous grace,
There God's appointed Son Has fixed his royal throne,
May peace with in thee be; With great prosperity
Com-pact with walls of strength a-round; In thee God's sheep ap-pear,
He sits with truth and judgment there: He bids the saint be glad,
May all thy palaces be blessed. The saint that seeks thy peace,
To wor-ship, praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound.
And comforts mourn-ers sad, Bids them be strong and ban-ish fear.
And prays for thine in-crease, God's gracious favor on him rest.