Kingdom Service Song Book

"Sing unto Jehovah a new song." - Psalm 149:1, A.S. V.

Copyright, 1944, by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

CONTENTS Song No.

A Life of Praise ........................ 15 Adore and Praise the Lord ........ 43 Arise and Shine! ........................ 33 Arm of the Lord, Awake! ........ 2 Armageddon ........... ..................... 49 Basic Training for W al'fare ...... 10

Blessed Are the People! ............ 7 Blessed Zion .................................. 62

Cause for Gratitude .................... 57 Christ's Glorious Reign .............. 23 Consecration .......................... ...... 51 Courage, Press On ! .................... 29 Diligence and Unity .................... 24 Earth's New King! .................... 47 Eternal God, Our llelp .............. 39 Examine Me, 0 God .................. 11 "Fear Them Not!" .................... 12 Fearlessness .................................. 14 Fidelity ........................................ 22 Flee to the Kingdom .................... 45 'Forward' Be Our Watchword .. 16 Forward Go l ................................ 26 Giving Jehovah the Praise ........ 17 Hail the Reigning King! .......... 34 Hear the Call ! ............................ 61 I Am Jehovah! ............................ 28 Jehovah Be Thy Fear................ 5 Jehovah's Goodness .................... 18 J oyfiil Service .............................. 19 "Let God Arise" .. ........................ 37 Loud Hosannas to Jehovah ...... 6

Song No. Loyalty ........................................ 58 On the Offensive .......................... 40 On to Victory I ............................ 25 Our Daily W al'fare ........... ......... 55 Praise the King of Eternity .... 13 Praise the Lord .......................... 21 Praise W nits for Thee in Zion .. 44 Rejoice l Jehovah Reigns .......... 30 Rejoicing in Service .................. 8 Send Out Thy Light .................. 48 Song of the Free ........................ 41 Sound Jehovah's Praise Abroad 9 Take Sides with Jehovah ! .......... 38 Tell His Worth .......................... 42 Tell It Out! ................................ 50 The Day of Jehovah .................... 54 The Glorious Treasure of Service 60 The Glory of Jehpvah ................ 53 The Great Shepherd .................. 31 The Greater Jephthah Calls ...... 1 The Lord, a Sun and Shield ...... 46 The Message of the Kingdom .... 35 The Servant's Prayer ................ 27 The Song of Moses and the Lamb 3 The Sword of the Lord

and of Gideon! ........................ 52 The Vindicator ............................ 59 The Word of Truth .................... 4 Then Shall They Know l ............ 36 Thou Art Our Song! ................ 20 To the Work! .............................. 56 Who Shall Not Fear Thee' ...... 32

NOTE : As far as possible the songs have been ananged In alphabetical ordet· according to the opening word of the first verse.

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1 The Greater Jephthah Calls (Judges U: 29)

1. A - rise I A - rise! Ye hosts of God, Gird firm your ar - mor on. join him in the fray. in his strength we go.

2. He calls I He calls I With joy we haste, To 3. No more at ease shall we sit down, But

The time has come for all to fight His strength shall bear our spir - its up With bold - ness, trust - ing in his grace,

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Till vie - t'ry has been won. To press on in his way. We fear not an - y foe.

The Great - er Jeph-thah goes be - fore; He leads his might -y throng. We're will - ing in his day of pow'r To serve as he doth guide. Oh, use us, Lord, to serve for thee, Shield us with pow'r di - vine.

Then rise and join thee in the ranks; His truth shall be our song. With Joy- al nnd with fnith-ful hearts, We la - bor on his side. No cred - it for our - selves we claim, The vie - to - ry be thine I

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Arm of the Lord, Awake! {Isaiah 51: 9)

Triumphantly

1. Arm of the Lord, a - wake, a - wake! Put on thy strength, the na-tions shake, 2. Say to the hea-then from thy thrnne, 'I am J e - ho - vah, God a - lone'; 3. Val-iant art thou for truth and right, The first-born of the world to smite; 4. Ye sons of God, his name pro-claim, In ev- 'ry clime make known his fame;

And let thy faith - fu l serv-ants see Thy tri-umphs and thy maj-cs - ty. Thy voice their i - dols shall con-found, And cast their al - tars lo the ground. Thy judg-ments Sa - tan's ar - mies doom, The "Red Sea", too, shall be their tomb. Let ad - verse pow'rs be-fore him fall, And hail Jc - ho - vah Goel o'et· all.

The Song of Moses and the Lamb (Revelation 15: 3, 4)

F1·om the heat'I

1. A - wake ! and join the song Of 1\Io - scs and 2. Who shall not fea r thee, Lord, And glo - ri - fy 3. Ho - ly art thou a - lone ; Na - lions shall come

the Lamh; thy name! to thee

4. Oh, tell lo ev - 'ry one These bless - ed ti - dings grand: 5. Soon all that song shall sing, And show Je - ho - vah's praise;

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The Song of Moses and the Lamb- Concluded

Wake ev - 'ry heart and ev - 'ry tongue To praise Je-ho-vah's name.

Just are thy ways, and true thy Word; Thy works, of end-less fame. And wor-ship low be - fore thy throne And fear thy maj - es - ty. Re - gen - er - a - t ion has be -gun, The K ing -dom is at hand. Their horn-age to him glad-ly bring And own His right-eous ways.

The Word of Truth (Proverbs 3: 13-17)

1. Bless - ed Bi - hie, pre-cious Word, Boon most sa - cred from the Lord ; 2. 'Tis lamp of pur - est light Guid - ing fee t through depths of night; 3. 'Tis to all that hear.

Glo - ry to his name be giv'n For this gra-cious gift from heav'n.

'Tis the torch of lib - er - ty; Yea, its " truth shall make you free". F ree - ly drink, 0 thirst-y one; Who - so - ev - er will may come.

That His serv-ants per - feet - ly For good works may fur-nished be.

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5 Jehovah Be Thy Fear <Isaiah 8: 13)

Let not thy heart shrink in a - larm; But steadfast fix thy watchful eye Press on! the bat - tie draw-eth near;

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Trust in my Might - y Arm. Up - on thy God, Most High. J e - ho - vah be thy fear.

6 Loud Hosannas to Jehovah <Isaiah 28: 16)

1. Christ, the New World's sure foun-da-tion, Is the tem-ple's cor-ner-stone, 2. Zi - on, that de - vot - ed cit-y, Dear-ly loved of God on high, 3. In thy tem - pie, where we bless thee, Grant us grace to stand each day;

Cho - sen of the Lord, and pre - cious, Bin~-ing all the church in one; In ex - ult- ant ju - bi - la - tion Pours out heart-felt me! - o - dy, In the shad-ow of thy strong hand Keep thy sheep from harm, we pray,

Ho - ly Zi - on's God's high prais-es And in per-feet

help for ev - er, And her con - fi - dence a - lone. bold - Jy sing-ing In the homes and pub - lie - ly. peace sus-tain them While their minds on thee they stay.

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1. Bless-cd 2. Sa - tan 3. Do not

Blessed Are the People! (Psalm 89: 15)

arc the peo - pie Who know the joy-ful sound, and his le-gions Are press-ing all a - round; lose your cour-age If man - y turn a - way,

With whom thy truth So let your faith If they the truth

is found, Who spread it all a-round; For they shall ev - er walk in the a - hound, Make earth.with praise re-sound. J e - ho - vah has pro - vid - ed A gain - say; Still watch and fight and pray; For we must stand the test And in-

light of thy face, ref-uge for the meek; teg-ri - ty dis - play.

Find-ing, as they serve, Rich sup-plies of thy grace. He will all those shield Who His righteousness seek. Hav-ing God's ap - prov - al, Care not what men say.

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Blessed Are the People!- Concluded

Rejoicing in Service (Psalm 84: 4-7)

1. Chil-dren of the heav'n - ly King, As we jour - ney 2. W alk-ing hum-bly \vith our God, In the way our 3. Uit us with a read - y mind Feed with truth the 4. E'en tho' bit - ter foes we meet, Per - se - cu - tion

sing; trod,

Sing J e - ho - vah's wor-thy praise, Glo - rious in his works and ways. Ed - u - ea - tion free we give, That men of good-will may live. Nev - er serve for self - ish gain, But God's right-eous-ness main - tain. Then thro' Christ, our Fa-ther's Son, We shall hear a glad "Well done". _n

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Sound Jehovah's Praise Abroad

Basic Training for Warfare March; moderate

1. E - quip me 2. With nev - er 3. And teach me, 4. Con - trol my

for the war, flag - ging zeal, Lord, the art ev - 'ry thought;

And teach Let me With wis -My tal -

My mind and heart, 0 Lord, pre - pare, And guide And help the blind - ed ones to see Thy truth The er - ro1'S that de - ceive the heart, And trnth And may my zeal, to judg - ment brought, Prove true

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me how de - clare dom to ents all

to fight; thy ways, re - move en - list;

11 Examine Me, 0 God <Psalm 26)

1. Ex - am - ine me, and do me prove; Try heart and reins, 0 God; 2. That I, with voice of thank-ful - ness, May pub - lish and de - cl are, 3. With sin - ners gath - er not my soul, Nor take my life a • way;

For thy love is be - fore mine eyes, Thy paths of truth I've trod. And tell of all thy might - y works, That great and won • drous are. With men of wick - ed - ness that seek The in • no • cent to slay.

So to thine ho • ly al - tar go Yea, in that place I do de • light And m:idst the peo • pie of good - will

And com - pass it will I: Where doth thine hon-or dwell. I ev • er shall bless thee •

12 "Fear Them Not!" CMatthewlO: 28)

1. Ev - er on - ward, 0 my peo-ple, Let the King. dom ti • dings go! 2. Tho' your foes be strong and man· y, Tho' they threat-en and re • vile; 3. Nev - er fear you are for-got-ten ; I am still your strength and shield!

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"Fear Them Not!'LConcluded

Praise the King of Eternity (Jeremiah 10: 10)

r-: 1. E - ter-nal God, ce • Jes - tial King, Ex - alt - ed be thy glo-rious name; 2. My heart is fixed on thee, my God; I rest my hope on thee a - lone; 3. A-wake, my tongue; a - wake, my lyre; ·with morning's earliest dawn a-rise; 4. With those who in thy grace a - bound, To thee I'll raise my thankful voice;

~ -0-W h il e hosts in heav'n thy prais • es sing Let those on earth thy love pro - claim. I'll spread thy sa - cred truths a-broad, And to man-kind thy love make known. To songs of joy my soul in-spire, And swell your mu - sic to the skies. May ev - 'ry Janel, the earth a-round, Yet hear, and in thy name re • joice.

14 Fearlessness ''If God be for us, who can he against us?"

--Romans 8: 31.

Firml11; with confidence

1. Fear not, 0 flock of God, the foe Who mad - ly seeks your o - vcr-throw;

2. Be of good cheer; your cause be-longs To him who can a-venge your wrongs;

3. Je • ho - vah God, 0 grant our pray'r; For thy name's sake thine ai·m make bare,

Dread not his rage and pow'r; What though your cour - age some-times faints,

Leave it to him, our Lord: Though hid - den now from hu - man eyes,

Let not base men pre - vail. A jest thine en - e - mies are grown;

His seem-ing tri- umph o'er God's saints Lasts but a lit - till hour.

Faith sees the Oid-eon who shall rise Toac - com - plish all God's Word.

Thou art with us, WC are thine own; Our vie - t'1:y can - not fail.

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15. A Life of Praise <Psalm 104: 33)

Joyously; from the heart

thou my life, 0 Lord my God,

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In Let

That nil my eon-duct Of thee and of thy

may pro-claim Thy love, 0 Lord,

I ask, but for n life made up Of

And so shall I be - gin to sing The

ev - 'ry part with praise, all my pow - ers speak

be -

praise song

in

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and thy ways.

be, and weak.

ev- 'ry part.

for - ev - er new.

16 'Forward!' Be Our Watchword <Exodus 14: 15)

Not a look be - hind; Burns the fier - y pi! - lar At our ar - my's heaq; Comes to glorious birth. Mourning ones crave com - fort, Blind ones grope for day; This day to be shared; Eye hath not be - held them, Ear hath nev-er heard,

Who shall dream of shrinking, By our Cap-tain led f Forward in the serv-iee, Shed up - on the na-tions Christ's bright Kingdom ray.Forward 'gainst gross error, Nor of these hath ut-tered Tho't or speech a word. Forward, march straight forward,

Through the toil and fight; Scat - ter gloom of night; In the path of light,

Je - sus goes be - fore us, Zi - on beams with light. Forward thro' the darkness,For-ward in - to light. Till the veil is lift - ed, Till our faith be sight.

1'7 Giving Jehovah the Praise (1 Corinthians 4: 7)

This light that is So shalt thou shine Give thanks for each

Thou hast noth - ing Walk e'er in his Give praise to J e -

From God, thy Cre En - deav - or - ing Till earth's teem - ing

shin - ing for him

serv - ice

wor - thy pres - ence, ho - vah;

With With He

Thou Give His

glo - ry di - vine. heav'n's ra - diant light. giv - eth to do.

didst not God the

Ki.ng-dom

re - ceive first place, pro - claim •.

To him hon - or His mes - sage to Shall hon - or His

give. place. name.

18 Jehovah's Goodness (Psalm 145:9)

1. God's kind and ten • der mer • cics 2. The great heart of Je - ho - vah 3. We praise thee for the good - ness

Up • on the just and un - just He mak - eth rain to fall (rain to fall) . Who hope in his rich mercy, And would thro' Christ draw near (would draw near). For all the truth and promise Thou hast to us made known (hast made known.) .

To those who sit. His in - fi - nite Firm as the Rock

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in dark-ness com - pas - sion of Ag- cs,

And shad - ow of death's night, Sets all the pris ·'ners free. Thy prom - ise stands se - cure;

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Jehovah's Goodness-Concluded

"A-rise, come forth!" he cri-eth, "And Christ will give you light (give you light)." We praisethy name; for mer-cy,GreatGod, is found inthee(foundinthee). Thy boundless love and mer-cy For - ev - er shall en-dure (shallendure).

Bris.kl$1; fogously

by we prove ceived from heav'n; here be - low,

Joyful Service <Acts 2: 46, 47)

# Our heart's full de - vo - tion and show forth our love. Yea, to us rich bless-ings thro' the work are giv'n. Grant-ing us such serv-ice, our high prais ·es fl.ow.

20 Thou Art Our Song! <Isaiah 12: 2)

B:&ultanlly

1. Gra-cions J e - ho - vah, our strengih and our song, Thon art our Mak-er; to 2. Those who ac,-ce~t thee re - joice in thy light; Eyes that are opened be-3. On, Lord, with JOY we go, do - ing thy will; Tho' Sa - tan buffet, we're

thee we be - long; hold truth and right. trust-ing thee still;

We are thy wit - ness • es bear-ing thy newa Hail - ing thy king-dom, they hear thy com-mand; Though he may slay us, Lord, help us to be

Wheth ·er men hear it or proud-ly re. fuse. Mak - ing their choice, with Je • ho. vah they stand I Ev - er thy wit· ness-es, faith· ful to thee.

Thou Art Our. Song!-Concluded

21 Praise the Lord 11.For !tis goodness, and for ki's wonaerful wo1'ks!'

-Psalni 107: 21. With UJarmtk

1. Great God, we thank thee for the part We have in mak-ing glad thy heart; 2. E • ter . nal are thy mer-cies, Lord; E - ter - nal truth at-tends thy Word; 3. Your loft • y themes, ye mor-tals, bring; In songs of praise ex • ~t - ing sing; 4. In ev - 'ry land swell loud the song; From house to house bear it a - long;

. . For all thy lov - ing-kind-ness shown Thy praise we joy - ous - ly make known. Thy praise shall sound from shore to sh~re, World \vith-out en~, for-ev ·er ; more. His vin - di - ea. tion loud pro-elaun, And ev ·er pralSe Je-ho-vah s name. The stand- ard for all peo-ples r!lise, And fill the earth with joy-ful praise.

22 Fidelity (2 Corinthians 4: 6)

With tJigor

1. God has now com - mand - ed That there shall be light 2. With the King-dom mes - sage We go forth to spread 3. Set a - part for serv - ice, Lord, we pledge to thee,

Light - nings 1lash and shine, God

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1. Hail 2. He 3. To

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Christ's Glorious Reign (Psalm 72)

the Lord's A - noint - ed, Je - ho - vah's bless - ed

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comes with sue - cor speed - y To those who suf - fer wrong;

him let praise un - ceas - ing And dai - ly vows as - cend;

this day ap - point - ed, His reign on earth be - gun I the poor and need - y, And bid the weak be strong;

still in - creas - ing, Shall be with - out an end:

To take a - way trans - gres - sion, Whose souls, condemned and dy - ing, The - oc - ra - cy will ev - er

And rule in eq - ui - ty. Were pre - cious in his sight. Up - hold Jc - ho - vah's name.

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24 Diligence and Unity Earnestly; with spirit

(Philippians 1: 27, 28)

1. Haste to the King - dom serv - ice! stand - ard

sol - diers 2. As one, let's raise the 3. It is re - quired of

As con - se - erat - ed ehil-dren, For 'tis u - nit - ed pur-pose The called and eho - sen war-riors

Qaiek I buck - le on Oh come, let us Then let our ery

the ar - mor, to - geth - er be, 'On-ward I'

The depth of love's de - vo - tion Till all the hosts of Sa - tan Till vie - to - ry at - tained is

'Tis work your God d~d choose; Of truth and right - eous - ness; That they shall loy - al be;

Ye have no time to lose. That meets with sure sue - eess. Must keep in - teg - ri - ty.

-r-r -r-:..,....' And grasp faith's might-y shield ; Ex - alt God's ho - ly name, Our Cap - tain we'll o - bey,

Is test - ed on the Are put to o - pen And truth has won the

field. shame. day.

25 On to Victory! <Revelation 19: 17)

T'ward hon - or - ing J e - ho - vah And keep- ing his com - mands. We speak God's word with bold - ness; No more we feel dis - may. Un ti! His vin - di - ea - tion, Oh, may our zeal ne'er fail.

though the great red drag - on Wars 'gainst God's rem - nant small, "True and Faith - ful Wit - ness" To vie - t'ry leads the way ; vie - to - ry is eer - tain; Je - ho - vah's sure re - ward

26 Forward Go! <Isaiah 28: 6)

Right from the heart

1. Have you a 2. War - riors of 3. Not in your

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song to sing for Je - - vah f God, a - rise, join the ar - - my own might think ye to con • - quer;

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Have you a Un - der the Not of your-

song of his reign and Cap - tain of his Free selves can ye win the

glo -Na -bat

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Have you a mes - sage clear for all Take up the shield of faith and the But in the strength of God shall his

..__,,, men to hear, And a com - mis - sion to tell the sto - ryf Spir - it's sword, And takethe he! • met of his sal - va - tion. hosts pre - vail, Bring-ing to nought Ba-shan's bulls and cat tle.

go! Turn the Yes, go!

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Fervently

1. Heav'n-ly 2. As our 3. Give us 4. Let the

Forward Go!- Concluded

The Servant's Prayer (Ephesians 6: 18)

Fa - ther, Sov-'reign Lord, Be thy glo - rious serv - ice we pur - sue Teach us, Lord, thy wis-dom from a - bove, Pure and gen - tie,

name a - dored; will to do. full of love;

joy to have a part In thy "strange work" fill our heart;

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For thy mer - cies aye en - dure, Ev - er faith - ful, ev - er sure. Thy com - mand-ments we would keep, Bring-ing truth to oth - er sheep. Help us mer - ci - ful to be, And with - out par-tial - i - ty. And to pray, we ne'er shall cease, That thy king-dom may in - crease.

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28 I Am Jehovah! <Exodus 5: 2; 2 Kings 19)

WitA confidence; not too slowl11

1. Hear Egypt's proud and haughty Phar-aoh 2. Hark! how the proud .As - syr-ian monarch 3. See now the pow'rs of earth com-bin - ing

rit.

Re - fuse to let the He-brews De - fied the God of Is - rael's To re-sist the reign of God's dear

go! "I know not Je ho vah I Who is he, That king I "Thy God whom thou trust-est can-not save thee now; Bow thy Soni Yet fear tak - eth hold up-ontheirmight-y men, While the

I should let his peo - pie go f" But whose was the pow'r that o - ver -neck to me and trib - ute bring I" But whose was the might - y Arm that poor of earth in an - guish groan. Ah I who shall de-stroy the proud op -

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I Am Jehovah!- Concluded

cho -sen peo - pie Is - rael free T fied his great and ho - ly nameT I am the Lord; there is no oth-er; sor-row in - to songs and mirth T

29 Courage, Press On! Cisaiah41: 10·16)

1. He that is faith-ful, he that is loy - al, Yields not his soul un -to fear, 2. Faith is the pow'r that spurs love to ac-tion; Love prompts to faithfulness now; 3. See in the midst of dan-ger im-pend-ing Brave hearts redeeming their time. 4. Forward! Je-ho - vah, might-y in bat- tie, Ex - ~orts us faith-ful to be

But lifts the ban-ner of hope 'mid earth's darkness Un-til the day dawn ap· pear. Zeal for their King moves the hearts of the loy - al; Self-ish am-bi-tion must bow. Dread of the bat-tie shows not on their fac-es; Beam they with courage sublime. Till this world's sys-tems lie shorn of their glo - ry And he hath gained vic-to-ry.

Thus saith Je-ho-vah: I'll strengthen and help thee; Fear not, my peo-ple, to smite.

30 Rejoice, Jehovah Reigns (Psalm 97: 1)

Proclaim jo~f ullg

1. Je - ho. vah reigns I Lift up thy voice, 0 earth and all ye heav'ns, re.· joiee; The Judge of all the earth is just: 2. The Lord is King I Make him your trust;

3. J e • ho • vah reigns I Soon all shall see The tri-umph of his maj - es - ty;

To all man-kind the ti-dings bring: 'The Lord Om - nip - o - tent is King I' E - ter • nal truth marks all his ways; Let all that breathe speak forth his praise. For he will make the ty-rant cease, Cause earth to yield her rich in-crease.

Or mur-mur at his wise de - crees, Or doubt his roy - al prom - is - esf He hath in - stalled on Zi - on's height His bless • ed Son with King - dom right. But ev - 'ry man sit un - a - fraid, Be - neath his vine and fig - tree's shade.

31 The Great Shepherd (Psalm 23)

1. Je - ho - vah God is my shep-herd; So why should I wor-ry or fretT 2. Tho' thro' the vale of death's shad-ow I walk, I shall fear no ill, 3. How wise and lov-ing my shep-herd ! His prais-es with joy I sing;

For he who cares for his faith-ful sheep Will none of his own for - get. For thou, Great Shepherd, art e'er with me; Thy staff doth bring com-fort still. The cheer-ing news of his gen - tie care, To his oth- er sheep I'll bring.

He lead - eth me by still wa - ters, My head with oil thou a - noint - est; His word I'll faith-ful - ly fol - low,

My soul doth re-store and bless; My cup hast thou well sup - plied; Walk care-ful - ly in his way;

He guid-eth me for His own name's sake, In path-ways of right-eous-ness; Thy mer-cy ev - er shall fol - low me, And in thy house I'll a - bide; My glo-rious treasure of serv - ing him I'll grate-ful - ly use each day;

The Great Shepherd-Concluded

He guid- eth me for His own name's sake, In path-ways of right-eous-ness. Thy mer - cy ev - er shall fol - low And in thy house I'll a - bide. My glo - rious treas-ure of serv - ing I'll grate-ful - ly use each day.

32 Who Shall Not Fear Thee? (Revelation 15: 3,4)

1. How won-drous and great thy works, God of praise! How just, King of wor - ship and 2. To na - tions long dark thy light must be shown; Pure

true m·e thy come to thy

fear thee and truth and thy judg - ments now

ho - ly; thou on - ly su - preme. men of good-will shall con - fess thee their God.

33 Arise and Shine! (Isaiah 60)

1. Lift up, lift up thy voice with sing-ing, With strength, 0 Zi-on, lift thy voice; 2. No more shall wasting des o - la - tion And vi - o-lence af - fiict thy days; 3. The sun no more shall shine up - on thee, Nor moon her brightness give at night; 4. Thy sons and daughters,kings and strangers, As clouds of doves, to thee now fiy.

'Mid earth's gross darkness set But thou shalt call thy walls For God him - self shall be With - in thy walls, safe from

praise ringing; The King is at thy gates, rc-joice ! Sal - va-tion, And all thy gates shall be named Praise.

thy glo - ry, The Lord, thine ev-er-last-ing light. all dan-gers, They join in praising God Most High.

. 34 Hail the Reigning King! (Psalm 110)

With jogous acclamation

1. Look, ye serv-ants of Je - ho - vah, See the Son of Da - vid now, 2. En - e - mies are made his foot-stool By com-mand-ment of his God; 3. In this day of his great pow - er Will-ing are his peo-ple free; 4. He shall judge a - mong the na-tions, Fill the plac - es with their slain,

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Crowned as King, en-throned in glo - ry; In their midst he now is rul -ing, From the womb of Zi - on's morning Wound the head o'er man - y coun-tries,

Ev - 'ry knee to him shall bow. Send-ing forth with strength his rod. Fresh with dew of youth is he. Vin - di - cate J e - ho - vah's name l

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Hail him l Hail ye Zi - on's King I

35 The l\lessage of the Kingdom (Isaiah 55: 7)

Livel11 and earnestly

1. - List I to the mes - sage of the King - dom call - eth heark - en

to - day, to - day, to· day,

2. Je ho - vah through his wit - ness - es 3. Oh, bless-ed is the man who will

Your ad - ver - sa - ry soon For Christ has come to reign For God pre-serves the faith

"O'er earth I bold sway; ye may;

for aye!" Re - joice now

"I'll serve thee

be his

to

tak hand him

- en a - way; shall not stay horn - age pay,

The Message of the Kingdom - Concluded

Olr, has - ten to 'Ti! want and pain And ral - ly to

es - cape his de - cep - tions to - day I" and sor - row shall van - ish a - way!' his stand - ard and ne'er from it stray.

god - ly for - sake his un - just thoughts ; Let them re - turn to

God with all their hearts, and he will free - ly par-don them!

36 Then Shall They Know! (Ezekiel 25: 17)

1. Long have thy foes thy ho - ly name re - viled, 2. Thy glo - rious pow'r, by Sa - tan long de - tied, 3'. Proud hearts that know no pit - y for the meek

With their de - ceit thy Soon shall be shown, and To hold their pow'r o'er

. ho • ly place de - filed. Soon shall thy King thy right-eous-ness make known; nev. er more de - nied; Soon all his host, in Ar - ma - ged-don's war, all man-kind do seek. Thy might - y hand shall break the hate - ful yoke I

Sa - tan's do - min - ion shall be o - ver - thrown. With him shall per - ish, and de - ceive no ·more. Soon shall they van - ish who thy wrath pro - voke.

Then shall they know thou

art J e - ho - vah; Then shall they know thy ways are just and true;

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Then Shall They Know! - Concluded

"Let God Arise» <Psalm 68)

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sure - ly do!

1. Let God a - rise, and scat - ter - ed Let his en - e - mies be; 2. As smoke is driv'n so drive thou them; As fire melts wax a • way, 3. But let thy right - eous ones be glad: Let them be - fore God's sight 4. Sing un - to God, show forth his praise; Ex - to! him with your voice,

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And let all those that do him hate Be - fore his pres-ence Bee. Be - fore God's face Jet Sa - tan's hosts So per - ish and de • cay. Be ver - y joy - ful; yea, let them Re - joice with all their might. That rides on heav'n, by his name JAH; Lift up your heads; re~joice!

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38 Take Sides with Jehovah! (2 Corinthians 5: 20>

Ii - gion dis - tilled; Oh, witb what glad - ness and ry thy Word, Shar - ing with oth - ers the

- ry me through. Tho' they be man - y and

joy it was thrilled things I have hcard­

tho' we be few

When thy sweet mes - sage I Prais - ing the name of my

'heii.rd(when I heard) l God (of my God) I song (and our song) t

Take sides with J e - ho-vah;

God is our strength and our

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Take Sides with Jehovah! -Concluded

Tell, tell the glad ti - dings Of free -dom and peace,

Eternal God, Our Help (Psalm 90)

1. 0 God, our help in ag - es past, 2. Be - neath the shad - ow of thy hand 3. Be - fore the hills in or - der stood, 4. That we our hearts to wisdom ap - ply,

Ii.:,) Our hope for years to come, Thy peo - pie dwell se - cure; Or earth re - ceived her frame, Teach us to number our days;

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Our she! - ter from the storm - y blast, And our e - ter • nal home. Ac - cept - a - hie .in Christ they stand; He's their foun - da • tion sure. From ev - er - last - mg thou art God, To end - less years the same. As on thy fa - vor we re - ly Es - tab - lish thou our ways.

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40

1. Oft

On the Offensive "Bndure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Clit'ist!'

-2 Timothy .z: 9.

in dan - ger, oft in woe, On - ward, Chris - tians, 2. Ou - ward, Chris - tians, on· ward go, Join the war and 3. Let your faith - ful hearts be glad; March, in heav'n - ly 4. On - ward, then, in bat - tie move; More than con - qu'rors

on - ward go; Fight the fight, main - tain the strife, Strength-ened face the foe; Will ye flee in dan • gel"'s hour! Know ye ar - mor clad; Fight, nor think the bat • tie long; Vic - t'ry ye shall prove; Though op - posed by man-ya foe, Chris - tian

with the bread of life, Strength-ened with the bread of life.

not your Cap - tain's pow'rT Know ye not your Cap-tain's pow'rT.

soon shall be your song, Vic - t'ry soon shall be your song.

sol . diers, on - ward go, Chris - tian on-ward go.

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1. Praise to 2. As the 3. 0 . pened 4. Bold - ly

we now per . feet dew of ceas - ing .

Nev - er shall Let us press

Song of the Free ''Ji'o1· /reedo111 did Christ set us free."

-eatatians 5: t , A.8.V.

God, by whose A - noint - ed Fast for light in - creilS - eth ev - er, Shin - ing are the gates of Zi - on, By he1· will we take truth's ar - rows, Smite the

stand; To re . Ii - gion's yoke of day, With his wise and f aith - ful youth; En - ter ye with his free

free - dom more to King in earth un-

bond . age serv - ant na - tion, ly; For God's ar - row of de • liv - 'ranee

we lay the hand, Nev - er shall we Jay the hand. on in Let us the way, press on in the way.

Bear - ing wit - ness to the truth, Bear - ing wit - ness to the truth. Gives sure hope of vie - to - ry, Gives sure hope of vie - to - ry.

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42 From tll.6 Aeart

Tell His Worth (Psalm 150)

1. Praise the Lord, his glo • ries show, Saints with· in his courts be· low, 2. Praise the Lord, ye oth • er sheep Who his tes • ti • mo • ny keep; 3. Praise the Lord, his mer • cies trace; Praise his prov • i • dence and grace : 4. Strings and voic - es, hands and hearts, In the con-cert bear your parts;

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An • gels round his throne a · hove, In His tem • pie day and night, All that he for man hath done; All that breathe, your Lord a • do~e;

All that see and share his love. Praise ye him with all your might. All he sends us through his Son. Praise him, praise him ev • er · more I

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Adore and Praise the Lord

Sun and moon, re· joice Laws which nev ·er shall He shall make his saints Heav'n and earth, and all

be - fore him; Praise him, all ye stars of light. be bro - ken, For their guid-ance he hath made. vie - to - rious; Sa • tan's hosts shall not pre - vail. ere - a • tion, Laud and mag· ni • fy his name.

44 Praise Waits for Thee in Zion (Psalm 65)

Heartfelt; not too slowly

1. Praise waits for thee in Zi - on, 2. 0 God of our sal • va • tion, 3. Thy hand sets fast the moun-tains,

Lord, un • to thee vows paid shall 'b:. Thy righteousness to men make kno\~ • Thy voice the trou-bled sea doth still; '

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0 thou that hear - est pray • er, At Arm • a · ged · don an - swer Each day pro-claims thy glo - ries,

All flesh shall come Our pray'rs un - to Thy bless • ings all

to thee. thy throne. earth fill.

Bless· ed is he whom thou choos . est Thro' Christ t' ap. proaeh to thee, Thou art the con • fi • dence ev • er Of all the ends of the earth; Thy year of good-ness thou crown· est; Thro' thee the des • erts sing;

That he with • in thy tern • pie, Lord, Oh, give us strength to praise thy name Thy paths drop rich with fat-ness, Lord,

May e'er a dwell-er be. And show forth all thy worth. And men praise thee, their King.

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45 Flee to the Kingdom <Zephaniah 2: 3)

1 Seek ye the Lord all ye meek ones and low - ly; Seek righteous~e~ and see: 2: Ho, ye that hun:ger for truth an_d for ~u~-t~ce, Why lc:g;~r ~1g th:t ~~e 3. Look up, yea, lift up your heads with re - JOic-mg, See a e signs

meek - ness to - day; ci·y out in pain T King - dom is here;

Thus it may be in the day of his an - ger, That Seek now God's way to es • cape the ~p-pres - ~or; Suh· W el-come the light that J e - ho - vah is send· mg, And

ye shall be bid-den a. ,· way. mit yourselves un - to Chnst s let him a - lone be your

Flee to the Kingdom, God's way of escape;

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Flee to the Kingdom-Concluded

The Lord, a Sun and Shield (Psalm 84: 11)

With confidence

1. Sun of my life, my Fa - ther dear, I know no night when thou art near. And 'gainst me hosts of foes en-gage, To those who near thee ev - er live; Thy well-be - loved and on - ly One, Whose sac-ri - fice our ran-som won,

2. Shield to my soul, tho' de-mons rage 3. Thy grace and glo • ry thou dost give 4. Thy choic-est treas-ure, e'en thy Son, 5. Yea, thou who spar-edst not thy Son,

Oh, may no earth-born cloud a · rise To hide thee from thy serv-ant's eyes! My ref-uge and my for- tress thou, Be- fore thee ev - 'ry foe must bow. And no goodthingdost thou with-hold Fromsheepwhichstraynotfromthyfold. Free-ly thou gav - est once for me, From sin and death to set me free. Shalt, with him, all things free - ly give; He lives, a pledge that we shall live.

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Stirring- march

Earth's New King! (Ephesians•6: 11-17; Psalm2)

1. See yon - der o'er the moun - tain tops- The sight my heart en-2. Be - hold the shin - ing "shield of faith", To catch from each di-3. The King him - ~elf leads on the way; With joy their Lord they 4. For, lo,

tranc-es­rec - tion fol-low; pow-er,

the time has come at last For Christ to reign in

Je - ho - vah's host, yea, God's e - lect, Full pan - o - plied, ad­The ad - ver - sa - ry's flam-ing darts Of cru - el, false in -He speaks the word and they o - bey, Nor fear they for to -And all his foes shall lick the dust, For now has come his

vane - es I Each he! - met's crest a - gainst the sky Bids ig - no - ranee and vec - tion. Each one in bat - tie plays his part, Nor grudg-es to en­mor-row; Their two-edged "sword", the Word of God, Their feet with gra-cious h o u r I J e - ho - vah now makes bare his Arm ! Oh, hear the trum-pet's

Earth's New King! - Concluded

er - ror fly; dure pain's smart; ti - dings shod, loud a - !arm I

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shout ~ - loud their bat - tie cry: "Christ glo - rious breast - plate o'er each heart Re -walk the way their Mas - ter trod, E'en wise, ye rul - ers, do no harm ; Ye

reigns! 0 Earth, re - ceivc him!" fleets his Lord's per - fee - ti on. 'Kiss the Son, lest un to death they fol - low. judg - es, own his pow - er!

way!

48 Send Out Thy Light (Psalm 43: 3)

1. Send out thy light and truth, 0 Lord; Let them our lead-ers be 2. Send out thy light and truth, 0 Lord, Where sin's dark shad-ows fall; 3. Send out thy light and truth, 0 Lord; The bless • ed ti • dings spread 4. Send out thy light and truth, 0 Lord, And let the beams of day

To guide us to thy ho • ly hill A . rouse the sol - diers un - der Christ Till by those sweet e • van • gel tones Break thro' the dis - mal gloom of night

Where we shall wor-ship thee. To heed the trum-pet's call; All na • tions shall be led; And guide men in thy way.

Send out thy light o'er land and sea, And bring thine "oth-.er sh~ep" to the;. Send out thy truth where er-ror reigns, And cleanse a - way its cr1m ·son stams. Send out thy light O Morn-ing Star,And beam up - on the isles a· far. Send out thy truth: oh, speed the hour When all the meek shall know its pow'r.

Send out thy Send out

light, Thy light and truth, 0 Lord. thy light,

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49 Armageddon (Habakkuk a; Hosea 8)

1. The sun and moon are dark-ened, The o • cean depths are stirred, 2. The fore • es of re - Ii · gion God's cov -'nant have trans-gressed; 3. Tho' fig tree fail to blos-som, No fruit be in the vine,

The na - tions, rent a - sun - der, While to the wind they're sow-ing Yet in the Lord Je - ho· vah

Did not of him in quire ; Je • ho • vah sounds a - !arm; My heart shall e'er re - joice;

50 Tell It Out! Tell It Out! - Concluded 'Proclaim liberty throughout all the land:'

- Leviticus 25: to. With 1&eal for service

Tell it out! Tell it out! Tell it out a - mong the Tell it out! Tell it out! Tell it out a - mong the Tell it out! Tell it out! Tell it out a - mong all ~

51 Consecration

1. Take my life and may it be, Lord, ac - cept - a - ble to thee· 2. Take my ~eet and let them be Swift on er - rands, Lord, for thee{ 3. Take my hps and let them be Moved with mes - sa - ges from thee · 4. Take my mo - men ts and my days; Let them flow in con-stant prais~ · 5. Take my heart and may it love Truth and wis - dom from a - bove; '

Take my hands, and let them move At the im - pulse of thy love. Take my voice and let it bring Hon-or al - ways to my King.

that shall in - crease, Take my sil - ver and my gold; Noth-ing, Lord, would I with-hold. ones Je - SUS lives; Take my in - tel - lect and use Ev - 'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose. and door to door; Take my - self- I wish to be Ev - er, on - ly, all for thee.

52 The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon! (Jud_ges 7: 18, 20)

1. There's a call go - ing out thro' the length of the land, To serve in the 2. All ye meek, will ye join with the Lord in his workf He seeks all the 3. Oh, then has - ten a - way to the work for to - day; Go fortli with your

ar - my of will - ing and heart filled with

Gid - e - on; loy - al.

glad - ness;

For our Cap - lain has is - sued the There is serv - iee for all; then re­Com - fort all whom you meet with his

fl - nal command To van - quish the co-horts of Mid-ian. spond to his call, With thanks for this priv - i - lege roy-al. Then up, up, my mes-sage so sweet: His King-dom will ban-ish all sad-ness.

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The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon!-Concluded

The Glory of Jehovah <Psalm 19)

1. The heav'ns de - clare thy 2. Au - thor of na - ture's a. And while bright vi - sions 4. But not a - lone do

glo - ry, won - drous

of thy worlds of

realms of bound-Jess space The soar - ing of its glo - rious grace, We hail thee worlds play

broad, Cause, 1low'r, Word

be-fore us bring, The earth thy grand ·de - signs; 'Tis when

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And .And The We

there here prais -read

thy pow'r de - light

- es <>f thy name

- ly our

and thy thy in

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as

Thro' Pre -The .And

may the

gran -deur, eyes be -

all the serv - er shin - ing earth, dis-

roam a -great· First fruit and hold thy

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wis - dom ways to bouh - ty fair - est

trace. trace. sing. lines.

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Exulting-ly

1. "This is 2. Blest be 3. This is

The Day of Jehovah <Psalm 118: 24)

the day the Lord hath made,'' To mag - ni - fy his Son; the Lord, who comes to men With King-dom truth and light, the day when "oth - er sheep" For God do take their stand,

Let heav'n re-joice, let earth be glad, And praise sur-round the throne. Who comes, in God Je - ho - vah's name, To rule with pow'r and might. And their in - teg - ri - ty do keep, A faith - ful wit - ness band.

Ho • san - na to the reign-ing King, To Zi - on's cor - ner - stone! Ho - san - nas in the high - est strains His saints on earth now raise; With - in the tem - pie night and day They serve at bis com - mand;

Oh, send pros-per - i - ty and bring Sal - va - tion to thine own. The heav - ens new in which he reigns U - nite to give God praise. They laud and praise His King al - way, And preach through - out the land.

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1. Tho' 2. Go 3. So

Our Daily Warfare (Galatians 6:9)

yes - ter - day's cam-paign is o'er, Be - hold a new be - gun! forth, faith's shield o'er ev - 'ry heart, Bright hope on ev - 'ry helm; forth we go to meet the strife; We will not fear nor quail;

Not yet is closed the ho - ly war, Nor yet the tri - umph won; Thro' that shall pierce no fi - 'ry dart, And this no fear o'er - whelm. We love the ho - ly war-rior's life; Oh, may our strength ne'er fail!

Not yet the end, not yet re - pose; We Go in the spir - it and the might Of Lord God, our shield, al - might - y One, Thy

bear our Cap-tain say: him who led the way; wit - ness - es de - fend;

'Go forth a - gain to meet your foes, Ye chil - dren of the day!' Give forth your wit - ness e'er the night Has turned to cloud-less day. Grant them, tho' dark - ened be the sun, Thy true light to the end.

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56 On to fJictory!

To the Work! (Romans 12: 11)

0 yo serv-ants of God I Let us fol - low the let the hun-gry be fed; To the foun-tain of there is serv - ice for all; Soon the old world of

strength to re - new, Let us do with our might what our hands find to do. glo - ry shall be While we her - aid the ti - dings, Sal - va - tion is free I alt - ed shall be When his glo- ry shines forth thro' The The -oc - ra-cy.

Has - t'ning on, Has-t'ning Has - t'ning on, Has-t'ning on,

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To the Work!-Concluded

Has - t'ning on, Let us

57 Cause for Gratitude "For lie hatli showed me his man•ellnus loving kindness!'

Full and 8 welling- - Psalm 31: 21, A. 8. V.

.....__. 1. Thro' all the changing scenes of life, In trou - ble and in joy, 2. Ob, mag - ni - fy the Lord with me, In earth ex - alt his name; 3. The hosts of God en-camp a-round The dwell-ings of the just; 4. Oh, love the Lord,all ye his saints; The faith-ful he'll pre-serve;

f'" r-: The p~ais - ~s of my G?d shall still My heart and tongue em - ploy. When m d!S - tress to him I called He to my res - cue De - Iiv - 'ranee he af - fords to those' Who on his sue - cor ~::S~: Make but bis serv - ice your de -light, And from it ney - er swerve.

58 Loyalty ''l!'igMing shoulde1· to shoulde1· frn · the faith of the gospel."

-Philippians I: Z7, Weym.

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Loyalty-Concluded

Hail t"'8 'Yictarl

The Vindicator <Isaiah 63)

1. Who is this that comes from E - dom, All his rai-ment stained with blood, 2. 'Tis the Log· os, now vie· to-rious, Trav'ling on-ward in his might; 3. Why that blood his rai-ment stain-ingf 'Tis the blood of man • y slain: 4. Might-y Vic· tor, reign for· ev - er; Wear the crown so dear - ly won;

Glo - rious in the garb he Je - sus now is strong to Ar • ma - ged - don has been Thou hS11t fought Je ·ho - vah's

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wears, Glo - rious in the spoils he bears f save, Might-y to re - deem the slave. fought, And de - !iv - er- ance is wrought. foes; 'thou wilt heal all man-kind's woes.

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60 The Glorious Treasure of Service (2 Corinthians 4; 11 5-7)

With a gladsome lilt

1. We thank thee, Lord, for us - ing us For thee to work and speak, 2. We thank thee, gra - cious God, that we May tes - ti - mo - ny give 3. Be - cause in earth - en vcs - sels we Such heav-'nly treas - ure bear,

How - ev - er trem-bling is the hand, The voice how·- ev - er weak. To those who un - der Sa- tan's thrall In earth's gross dark-ness live. Help us as a - ble min - is - ters Thy glo - ries to de - clare;

61 Hear the Call! 'Put on the wkote armour of God!'- .Ephesian s 6: 11.

Brisk march

1. Yon - der on fair Zi - on's moun-tain, Stands her King in faith - ful - ness; ter - ror quail ; to the gate,

hill and plain,

2. Trust in him who is your Cap-tain; Let no heart in 3. On - ward marching, firm and stead - y, Tum the bat - tie 4. Conq'ring bands with ban-ners wav - ing, Press-ing on o'er

Vol - un-teers he calls for serv - ice J e - sus leads his will-ing peo - pie; Till Je - ho - vah. gains the vie - t'ry Ne'er shall halt till· swells the an-them,

Chorus

In his fight for right-eous-ness. In his name they shall pre-vail. And his name doth vin - di - cate. "Christ o'er all the earth doth reign !"

Grasp the spir - it's might - y sword;

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Brightly

Blessed Zion "They shall p1·osper thrrt love thee!'

- Psalm 122: 6.

1. Zi - on, thrice hap - py place, A - dorned with won - drous grace,

2. There God's a - noint - ed Son Has fixed his roy - al throne,

3. May peace with - in thee be; With great pros - per - i - ty

Com-pact with walls of

He sits with truth and

May all thy pal - ac

strength a - round; In thee God's sheep ap-pear,

judg - ment there: He bids the saint be glad,

- es be blessed. The saint that seeks thy peace,

To wor-ship, praise, and hear The sa - cred gos - pel's joy - ful sound.

And com-forts mourn-ers sad, Bids them be strong and ban - ish fear.

And prays for thine in-crease, God's gra-cious fa - vor on him rest.

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