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God Will We Obey

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1 We are trav’lers walking in the glory of the Lord,
Marching all the way unto endless day;
Flinging high our banner, tell our purpose to the world;
God will we obey!
Whatever foes may come tomorrow, foes to bring us sorrow—
Still our trust in God shall stay;
He who holds the world will ever save His trusting child—
Save His trusting child.

Refrain:
Our God reigneth in the heavens, Praise the Lord!
O praise our God, praise, praise His loving-kindness,
Praise the Lord,
Our God! hearkens to His children who adore Him,
Praise, O praise the Lord,
O praise Him now and evermore.

2 Hither now we rally for the service of our God!
Happy, happy band— we together stand,
Living for the kingdom of the blessed King of Kings,
Heed we His command;
O let us tell the wondrous story, how the Lord of glory
Came to earth from Glory land;
Came to bring salvation to a sinful, dying world—
Sinful, dying world. [Refrain]

3 Neither men or angels cannot fully tell His love;
Yet this love is mine—boundless and divine;
Shall we come repenting, living for the life above,
Helped by pow’r divine;
O may we all that love be showing, peace and joy bestowing,
Shining as a light for God!
Glorifying Jesus who is King and Lord of all—
King and Lord of all. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Grace and Glory: A New and Inspiring Selection of Sacred Songs for Evangelical Use and General Worship #145

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We are travelers walking in the glory of the Lord
Title: God Will We Obey
Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck (1914)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Our God reigneth in the heavens
Copyright: Public Domain

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