Henry Thomas Smart - Forward! be our watchword - текст песни (слова)

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 Jehovah led?
  Forward through the desert, through the toil and fight;
  Jordan flows 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, marching 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 gladdening river shedding joys untold.
  Thither, onward, thither, in the Jehovah's might;
  Pilgrims to your country, forward into light!
 
 4. To the Father's glory loudest anthems raise;
  To the Son and Spirit echo songs of praise;
  To the Lord Jehovah, blessed 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!