FORWARD! BE OUR WATCHWORD
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,
Whose shall dream
of shrinking,
By our Captain led?
Forward thro' the
desert,
Thro' the toil and
fight;
Canaan lies before
us,
Zion beams with
light.
2. 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, ever
forward,
Where the heaven is
bright;
Till the veil be
lifted,
Till our faith be
sight.
3. 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
gladd'ning river,
Shedding joys
untold;
Thither, onward
thither,
In the Spirit's
might,
Pilgrims, to your
country,
Forward into light.
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