164.  Hear The Call

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Lo! the day of God is breaking;
See the gleaming from afar!
Sons of earth from slumber waking,
Hail the bright and Morning Star.

Chorus
Hear the call! O gird your armor on,
Grasp the Spirit’s mighty sword;
Take the helmet of salvation,
Pressing on to battle for the Lord!

2
Trust in him who is your Captain;
Let no heart in terror quail;
Jesus leads the gath’ring legion,
In his name we shall prevail.

3
Onward marching, firm and steady,
Faint not, fear not Satan’s frown,
For the Lord is with you always,
Till you wear the victor’s crown.

4
Conq’ring bands with banners waving,
Pressing on o’er hill and plain,
Ne’er shall halt till swells the anthem,
“Christ o’er all the earth doth reign!”