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Forward! Be Our Watchword
Author: Henry Alford Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11 Appears in 343 hymnals First Line: Forward! be our watchword, steps and voices joined Lyrics: 1. Forward! be our watchword, steps and voices joined;
Seek the things before us, not a look behind;
Burns the fiery pillar at our army’s head;
Who shall dream of shrinking, by our Captain led?
Forward through the desert, through the toil and fight;
Jordan flows before us; Zion beams with light.
2. Forward! When in childhood buds the infant mind;
All through youth and manhood not a thought behind;
Speed through realms of nature, climb the steps of grace;
Faint not, till in glory, gleams our Father’s face.
Forward, all the lifetime, climb from height to height,
Till the head be hoary, till the eve be light.
3. Forward! flock of Jesus, salt of all the earth,
Till each yearning purpose spring to glorious birth:
Sick, they ask for healing; blind, they grope for day;
Pour upon the nations wisdom’s loving ray.
Forward, out of error, leave behind the night;
Forward through the darkness, forward into light!
4. Glories upon glories hath our God prepared,
By the souls that love Him one day to be shared;
Eye hath not beheld them, ear hath never heard;
Nor of these hath uttered thought or speech a word;
Forward, marching eastward, where the heaven is bright,
Till the veil be lifted, till our faith be sight.
5. Far o’er yon horizon rise the city towers
Where our God abideth; that fair home is ours:
Flash the streets with jasper, shine the gates with gold;
Flows the gladdening river shedding joys untold.
Thither, onward, thither, in the Spirit’s might;
Pilgrims to your country, forward into light!
6. Into God’s high temple, onward as we press,
Beauty spreads around us, born of holiness;
Arch, and vault, and carving, lights of varied tone,
Softened words and holy, prayer and praise alone.
Every thought upraising to our city bright,
Where the tribes assemble round the throne of light.
7. Naught that city needeth of these aisles of stone;
Where the Godhead dwelleth, temple there is none;
All the saints that ever in these courts have stood,
Are but babes, and feeding on the children’s food.
On through sign and token, stars amidst the night,
Forward through the darkness, forward into light.
8. To th’eternal Father loudest anthems raise;
To the Son and Spirit echo songs of praise;
To the Lord of glory, blessed Three in One,
Be by men and angels endless honor done.
Weak are earthly praises, dull the songs of night:
Forward into triumph, forward into light! Used With Tune: ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)
Forward! Be Our Watchword
Far o'er yon horizon
Author: H. Alford Appears in 22 hymnals Used With Tune: BONIFACE
Far o'er yon horizon
Over Trackless Regions
Author: John Brownlie Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Over trackless regions, from the morning land Lyrics: 1 Over trackless regions, from the morning land,
Bearing costly treasures, came a seeking band—
Wise men with devotion, from the morning land.
Wheresoe’er the star led, in the ebon sky,
Thither pressed those wise men, with uplifted eye,
Following the star light in the ebon sky.
2 They would find the young king whom the star foretold;
They would render homage, and their gifts unfold,
Bowing low before Him, whom the star foretold.
Jesu, Son of David, God’s Incarnate Word,
Endless, unbegotten, by the wise adored—
We would bow before Thee, God’s Incarnate Word.
3 Not without an offering would we seek our king;
But with true devotion what is noblest, bring—
With a gift so precious, would we seek our king.
Jesu, King eternal, Son of God, divine,
Man, yet still remaining of the Godhead Trine—
See, our hearts we give Thee, Son of God, divine. Used With Tune: ST. BONIFACE Text Sources: Hymns of the Early Church (London: Morgan & Scott, 1913)
Over Trackless Regions
Hark, the Voice Eternal
Author: John D. Julian Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Hark! the voice eternal, robed in majesty Lyrics: 1. Hark! the voice eternal, robed in majesty,
Caging into being earth and sea and sky
Hark! in countless numbers all the angel throng
Hail creation’s morning with one burst of song.
High in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reign, O King immortal, holy, infinite.
2. Bright the world and glorious, calm both earth and sea,
Noble in its grandeur stood man’s purity;
Came the great transgression, came the saddening fall,
Death and desolation breathing over all.
Still in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reigned the King immortal, holy, infinite.
3. Long the nations waited, through the troubled night,
Looking, longing, yearning, for the promised light.
Prophets saw the morning breaking far away,
Minstrels sang the splendor of that opening day;
Whilst in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reigned the King immortal, holy, infinite.
4. Brightly dawned the advent of the newborn King,
Joyously the watchers heard the angels sing.
Sadly closed the evening of His hallowed life,
As the noontide darkness veiled the last dread strife
Lo! again in glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reigns the King immortal, holy, infinite.
5. Lo! again He cometh, robed in clouds of fight,
As the Judge eternal, armed with power and might.
Nations to His footstool gathered then shall be;
Earth shall yield her treasures, and her dead, the sea.
Till the trumpet soundeth, ’mid eternal light
Reign, thou King immortal, holy, infinite.
6. Jesus! Lord and Master, Prophet, Priest, and King,
To thy feet, triumphant, hallowed praise we bring.
Thine the pain and weeping, Thine the victory;
Power, and praise, and honor, be, O Lord, to Thee.
High in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reign, O King immortal, holy, infinite. Used With Tune: ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)
Hark, the Voice Eternal
