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There's a Mighty Army Marching

There's a mighty army marching, Marshalled by the Prince of Peace

Author: Ida L. Reed
Tune: [There's a mighty army marching] (Ruebush)
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 There’s a mighty army marching;
Marshalled by the Prince of Peace,
O’er them float love’s shining banners,
Day by day their ranks increase,
They are marching, they are marching,
Lifting up along the way,
Sinful souls, the weak and fallen,
Winning back the steps astray.

Refrain:
They are marching,
They are marching,
In His name they do and dare,
They are telling,
They are telling,
Of His wondrous love they bear.

2 Numberless is this great army,
And its ranks are strong and brave,
And they strive to lead to Jesus,
All the world that He may save.
They are marching, they are marching,
Many are the souls they bring,
Won from sin’s dark paths and pleasures,
Unto Christ their Prince and King. [Refrain]

3 Blessed is this mighty army,
Measureless the good they do,
Toiling for the Heav’nly kingdom,
To their Leader, loyal, true,
They are marching, they are marching,
Onward, upward evermore,
Leading multitudes of saved ones,
To the bright eternal shore. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 2 #132

Author: Ida L. Reed

Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Ar­den, Bar­bour Coun­ty, West Vir­gin­ia. Died: Ju­ly 8, 1951, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Buried: Eb­e­nez­er Meth­odi­st Church, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Reed is said to have writ­ten 2,000 hymns in her life­time. In 1939, the Amer­i­can So­ci­e­ty of Com­pos­ers, Au­thors and Pub­lish­ers re­cog­nized her "sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can mu­sic" by award­ing her a small "week­ly bo­nus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There's a mighty army marching, Marshalled by the Prince of Peace
Title: There's a Mighty Army Marching
Author: Ida L. Reed
Language: English
Refrain First Line: They are marching
Copyright: Public Domain

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Crowning Day No. 2 #132

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