Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Onward onward men of heaven
Topic: Gospel/Proclamation
Writer: <no first name given> Sigourney
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Middletown
Hymn Number: 682
Page Number: 253, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONWARD, onward, men of heaven!
Bear the gospel banner high;
Rest not till its light is given--
Star of every pagan sky;
Send it where the pilgrim stranger
Faints beneath the torrid ray;
Bid the hardy forest ranger
Hail it ere he fades away.
Where the Arctic ocean thunders,
Where the tropics fiercely glow,
Broadly spread its page of wonders,
Brightly spread its radiance flow;
India marks its luster stealing;
Shiv'ring Greenland loves its rays;
Afric, 'mid her deserts kneeling,
Lifts the untaught strain of praise.
Rude in speech, or wild in feature,
Dark in spirit, though they be,
Show that light to every creature--
Prince or vassal, bond or free:
Lo! they haste to every nation;
Host on host the ranks supply;
Onward! Christ is your salvation,
And your death is victory!