Go forward, Christian soldier (Henry Thomas Smart)

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• (Posted 2023-06-25)  CPDL #74301:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2023-06-25).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 58 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.

• (Posted 2023-06-25)  CPDL #74300:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2023-06-25).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 297 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.

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Title: Go forward, Christian soldier
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Tune: Lancashire
Lyricist: Laurence Tuttiett^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 76. 76. D

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

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Original text and translations

English text

Go forward, Christian soldier,
beneath his banner true:
the Lord himself, thy Leader,
shall all thy foes subdue.
His love foretells thy trials;
he knows thine hourly need;
he can with bread of heaven
thy fainting spirit feed.

Go forward, Christian soldier,
fear not the secret foe;
far more o’er thee are watching
than human eyes can know:
trust only Christ, thy Captain;
cease not to watch and pray;
heed not the treacherous voices
that lure thy soul astray.

Go forward, Christian soldier,
nor dream of peaceful rest,
till Satan’s host is vanquished
and heaven is all possessed;
till Christ himself shall call thee
to lay thine armor by,
and wear in endless glory
the crown of victory.

Go forward, Christian soldier,
fear not the gathering night:
the Lord has been thy shelter;
the Lord will be thy light.
When morn his face revealeth
thy dangers all are past:
O pray that faith and virtue
may keep thee to the last!