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Forward! Be Our Watchword
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1598 Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11 First Line: Forward! be our watchword, steps and voices joined Lyrics: 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;
Who shall dream of shrinking, by our Captain led?
Forward through the desert, through the toil and fight;
Jordan flows before us; Zion beams with light.
2. Forward! When in childhood buds the infant mind;
All through youth and manhood not a thought behind;
Speed through realms of nature, climb the steps of grace;
Faint not, till in glory, gleams our Father’s face.
Forward, all the lifetime, climb from height to height,
Till the head be hoary, till the eve be light.
3. Forward! flock of Jesus, salt of all the earth,
Till each yearning purpose spring to glorious birth:
Sick, they ask for healing; blind, they grope for day;
Pour upon the nations wisdom’s loving ray.
Forward, out of error, leave behind the night;
Forward through the darkness, forward into light!
4. 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, marching eastward, where the heaven is bright,
Till the veil be lifted, till our faith be sight.
5. 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 gladdening river shedding joys untold.
Thither, onward, thither, in the Spirit’s might;
Pilgrims to your country, forward into light!
6. Into God’s high temple, onward as we press,
Beauty spreads around us, born of holiness;
Arch, and vault, and carving, lights of varied tone,
Softened words and holy, prayer and praise alone.
Every thought upraising to our city bright,
Where the tribes assemble round the throne of light.
7. Naught that city needeth of these aisles of stone;
Where the Godhead dwelleth, temple there is none;
All the saints that ever in these courts have stood,
Are but babes, and feeding on the children’s food.
On through sign and token, stars amidst the night,
Forward through the darkness, forward into light.
8. To th’eternal Father loudest anthems raise;
To the Son and Spirit echo songs of praise;
To the Lord of glory, blessed Three in One,
Be by men and angels endless honor done.
Weak are earthly praises, dull the songs of night:
Forward into triumph, forward into light! Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)
Forward! Be Our Watchword
Hark, the Voice Eternal
Author: John D. Julian Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2667 Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11 First Line: Hark! the voice eternal, robed in majesty Lyrics: 1. Hark! the voice eternal, robed in majesty,
Caging into being earth and sea and sky
Hark! in countless numbers all the angel throng
Hail creation’s morning with one burst of song.
High in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reign, O King immortal, holy, infinite.
2. Bright the world and glorious, calm both earth and sea,
Noble in its grandeur stood man’s purity;
Came the great transgression, came the saddening fall,
Death and desolation breathing over all.
Still in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reigned the King immortal, holy, infinite.
3. Long the nations waited, through the troubled night,
Looking, longing, yearning, for the promised light.
Prophets saw the morning breaking far away,
Minstrels sang the splendor of that opening day;
Whilst in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reigned the King immortal, holy, infinite.
4. Brightly dawned the advent of the newborn King,
Joyously the watchers heard the angels sing.
Sadly closed the evening of His hallowed life,
As the noontide darkness veiled the last dread strife
Lo! again in glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reigns the King immortal, holy, infinite.
5. Lo! again He cometh, robed in clouds of fight,
As the Judge eternal, armed with power and might.
Nations to His footstool gathered then shall be;
Earth shall yield her treasures, and her dead, the sea.
Till the trumpet soundeth, ’mid eternal light
Reign, thou King immortal, holy, infinite.
6. Jesus! Lord and Master, Prophet, Priest, and King,
To thy feet, triumphant, hallowed praise we bring.
Thine the pain and weeping, Thine the victory;
Power, and praise, and honor, be, O Lord, to Thee.
High in regal glory, ’mid eternal light,
Reign, O King immortal, holy, infinite. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)
Hark, the Voice Eternal
Forward! be our watchword
Author: H. Alford Hymnal: The Book of Praise for Sunday Schools #17 (1893) Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward! be our watchword
Forward! be our watchword
Author: H. Alford Hymnal: The Book of Praise for Church, School and Home #17 (1893) Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward! be our watchword
Forward thro' the desert
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Prayer #293 (1883) First Line: Forward! be our watchword Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward thro' the desert
Forward thro' the desert
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Prayer #293 (1889) First Line: Forward! be our watchword Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward thro' the desert
Forward! be our watchword
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: Hymns of the Church #500 (1912) Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward! be our watchword
Forward! be our watch word
Author: H. Alford Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #523a (1898) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: Hope; Parochial Missions; Processionals General; Progress Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward! be our watch word
Forward! be our watchword
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: The Hymnal #531 (1916) Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5 Lyrics:
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;
Who shall dream of shrinking,
By our Captain led?
Forward through the desert,
Through the toil and fight!
Jordan flows before us;
Sion beams with light.
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;
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Nor of these hath uttered
Thought or speech a word;
Forward! marching eastward,
Where the heaven is bright,
Till the veil be lifted,
Till our faith be sight.
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 gladdening river
Shedding joys untold.
Thither, onward thither,
In the Spirit's might!
Pilgrims to your country,
Forward into light!
To the eternal Father
Loudest anthems raise;
To the Son and Spirit
Echo songs of praise;
To the Lord of glory,
Blessèd Three in One,
Be by men and angels
Endless honour done.
Weak are earthly praises,
Dull the songs of night:
Forward into triumph!
Forward into light!
Amen.
Topics: Processional; Sunday Schools Processionals Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward! be our watchword
Forward! be our watchword
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #561 (1940) Topics: The Church Militant; The Church Militant The Christian warfare Tune Title: ST. BONIFACE
Forward! be our watchword
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