Gird on the sword and armour!
Go, raise the banner high!
The Captain of Salvation
To thee is ever nigh.
Then wave the glorious banner!
Press forward in His name;
Fear not, for soon thy Captain
Will victory proclaim I
Gird on the sword and armour!
Let faith be thy strong shield;
His promise shall sustain thee
On every battlefield.
Then wave the glorious banner!
Press forward in His name;
Fear not, for soon thy Captain
Will victory proclaim I
Gird on the sword and armour!
Press on, the foe to fight;
No enemy can harm thee.
For God sustains the right.
Then wave the glorious banner!
Press forward in His name;
Fear not, for soon thy Captain
Will victory proclaim I