Hymns, #663

Encouragement - For Pressing On

Eng/Kor:663  Chin:483  Span:-  Rus:-  Tag:663  Fra:-  Por:-

Lyrics:Henry Alford
Music:Franz Joseph Haydn
Meter:6.5.6.5.D. with chorus.

Hymns using same tune:

#594, #1063

 
 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.

Heaven's Kingdom waits us,

Forward into light.

 
 2 

Glories upon glories

Hath our God prepared,

By the souls that love Him,

One day that be shared:

Eye hath not beheld them,

Ear hath never heard;

Nor of these hath uttered

Thought or speech or word;

Forward, marching forward

Where the kingdom's bright,

Till the veil be lifted,

Till our faith be sight!

 
Hymn #663