WATCHWORD 6. 5. 6. 5. D. With refrain Henry Smart, 1872 "Forward!" be our watchword, Steps and voic- es joined; Seek the things before us, 4 4 1 "FORWARD!" be our watchword, Steps and voices joined; Seek the things before us, Burns the fiery pillar At our army's head; Who shall dream of shrinking, Forward through the desert, 2 Forward, flock of Jesus, 3 Glories upon glories 4 Far o'er yon horizon Henry Alford, 1871 3 Higher yet and higher Out of clouds and night; Rising to the light, Light serene and holy, Where my soul may rest, Satisfied and blest: 4 Quicker yet and quicker Anon. in "Iphigenia in Tauris, with Original Poems," 1851 1 JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow Thee; Destitute, despised, forsaken, All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own. 2 Man may trouble and distress me, "Twill but drive me to Thy breast; Life with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter rest: O'tis not in grief to harm me While Thy love is left to me; Were that joy unmixed with Thee. 3 Take, my soul, thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin and fear and care; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear! Think what Spirit dwells within thee, What a Father's smile is thine, What a Saviour died to win thee! Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine? 4 Haste, then, on from grace to glory, Armed by faith, and winged by prayer! Heaven's eternal day's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thy earthly mission; Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days; Hope soon change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. Henry F. Lyte, 1824, 1833 |