The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9305

9305. Strike Our Tents

1 Strike our tents, the night is over!
See, the shadows one by one
Fade before the coming splendor
Of the morning’s golden sun.

Refrain:
Strike our tents! the trumpet sounding
Bids us now our march begin;
Strike our tents! the battle rages!
There’s a victory we must win.

2 Strike our tents! no time to linger
When the foe is on our track;
Holy voices now are calling,
Follow Jesus; look not back. [Refrain]

3 Strike our tents, nor heed the arrows
By the wary tempter hurled;
Trust in Him, our great Deliverer,
He who overcame the world. [Refrain]

4 Ne’er desert our post of duty
Till the strife of war is done;
Then in realms of endless glory
Shout thro’ Christ the victory won. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Strike our tents, the night is over!
• Title: Strike Our Tents
• Author: Rachel Rivers
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Revival Wave by G. W. Wilson and B. H. Kennedy (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1887)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: RIO DE JANEIRO
• Composer: John Robson Sweney (1887)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Key: C Major