Forward, Christian Soldiers

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Forward, Christian soldiers, through a hostile land

Author: Horace L. Hastings
Tune: [Forward, Christian soldiers] (I. D. Sankey)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Forward, Christian soldiers,
Thro’ a hostile land;
Victory is before you,
March with sword in hand;
He who, in the desert,
Satan’s pow’r o’ercame,
Giveth you this victory,
Thro’ His wondrous name.

Chorus:
Forward, Christian soldiers,
Thro’ a hostile land;
Victory is before you,
March with sword in hand.

2 Tho’ the Prince of darkness
Girds him for the fight,
You may well defy him
With the arms of light;
Thro’ the gath’ring blackness
Flash the gleaming Word;
His dark hosts are routed
By the Spirit’s sword. [Chorus]

3 Forward, Christian soldiers!
Lo, before you lies
Yonder goodly country,
God’s fair Paradise;
Tho’ the foes are many,
Who our march withstand,
We thro’ Christ are able
To possess the land. [Chorus]

4 Forward, Christian soldiers!
Watch, and fight, and pray;
Clad in God’s whole armor,
You shall gain the day;
When the war is over,
And the vict’ry won,
May we hear our Leader
Say to us, “Well done!” [Chorus]

Source: Gems of Song: for the Sunday School #209

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Author: Horace L. Hastings

Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, was born at Blandford, Mass., Nov. 26, 1831; commenced writing hymns, and preaching, in his 17th year, and laboured as an evangelist in various parts of the U. S. In 1866 he established The Christian, a monthly paper, in which many of his hymns have appeared, and in 1865 the Scriptural Tract Repository in Boston. He published Social Hymns, Original and Selected, Boston, 1865; Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part i., 1880; and in August, 1886, the same completed, to tho extent of 1533 hymns, 450 of which are original and signed "H." The best known of these is "Shall we meet beyond the river," written in N. Y. city, 1858, and lately published as a leaflet in 14 stanzas of 8 lines. The text i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Forward, Christian soldiers, through a hostile land
Title:	Forward, Christian Soldiers
Author:	Horace L. Hastings
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Forward, Christian soldiers
Copyright:	Public Domain