Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Onward speed thy conqu'ring fight
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 5s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 429
Page Number: 475, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONWARD speed thy conqu'ring flight;
Angel, onward speed;
Cast abroad thy radiant light,
Bid the shades recede;
Tread the idols in the dust,
Heathen fanes destroy,
Spread the gospel's holy trust,
Spread the gospel's joy.
Onward speed thy conq'ring flight;
Angel, onward haste;
Quickly on each mountain's height
Be thy standard plac'd;
Let thy blissful tidings float
Far o'er vale and hill,
Till the sweetly-echoing note
Every bosom thrill.
Onward speed thy conq'ring flight;
Angel, onward fly;
Long has been the reign of night;
Bring the morning nigh:
'Tis to thee the heathen lift
Their imploring wail;
Bear them Heaven's holy gift,
Ere their patience fail.
Onward speed thy conq'ring flight;
Angel, onward speed;
Morning bursts upon our sight-
'Tis the time decreed:
Jesus now his kingdom takes,
Thrones and empires fall,
And the joyous song awakes,
"God is all in all."