Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
On-ward, Christian sol-diers! Marching as to war,
With the word of Je-sus Go-ing on be-fore,
Christ, the roy-al Mas-ter, Leads a-gainst the foe;
For-ward in-to bat-tle, See His banners go!
Chorus
On-ward, Chris-tian sol-diers! March-ing as to war,
With the word of Je-sus Go-ing on be-fore.
Verse 2
Like a might-y ar-my Moves the Church of God,
Bro-thers, we are tread-ing Where the saints have trod,
We are not di-vid-ed, All one bod-y we,
One in hope and doc-trine, One in char-i-ty.
Verse 3
Crowns and thrones may perish, King-doms rise and wane,
But the Church of Je-sus Con-stant will re-main,
Gates of hell can nev-er Gainst that Church pre-vail,
We have Christs own pro-mise, Which can never fail.
Verse 4
On-ward, then ye peo-ple! John our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voic-es In the tri-umph song,
Glo-ry, laud, and hon-or, Un-to Christ the King,
This thro countless a-ges Men and an-gels sing.