Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Onward Christian through the region
Topic: Christian/Warfare
Writer: S Johnson
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Sicily
Hymn Number: 488
Page Number: 165, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONWARD, Christian, through the region
Where thou art be drear and lone:
God has set a guardian legion
Very near thee: press thou on.
By the thorn-road, and none other,
Is the mount of vision won;
Tread it without shrinking, brother-
Jesus trod it-press thou on.
Be this world the wiser, stronger,
For thy life of pain and peace;
While it needs thee, O no longer
Pray thou for thy quick release.
Pray thou, Christian, daily rather,
That thou be a faithful son;
By the prayer of Jesus, "Father,
Not my will, but thine, be done."