Verse 1
Captain of my Salvation hear,
And stand in all Thy Power confest,
And arm thy Soldier for the War,
And breathe Thy Spirit into my Breast.

Verse 2
With stedfast, calm, delibe’rate Might,
With temper’d Zeal my Heart inspire,
And teach my feeble Hands to fight,
And touch my Lips with hallow’d Fire.

Verse 3
Vilest of all the ransom’d Race
I hear, and answer to thy Call,
Assert thy free unbounded Grace,
And witness Thou hast died for All.

Verse 4
To Thee my worthless Name I give,
Here at the Altar of Thy Cross
I plight my Faith to die and Live
To vindicate Thy Mercy’s Cause.

Verse 5
Thro’ Thee to Heaven I lift my Hand,
The Purpose of my Soul declare,
With All that dare Thy Love withstand
I vow to wage an endless War.

Verse 6
An endless War, yet free from Rage
Or cruel Hate, or proud Despight,
With Satan, and his World I wage,
And suffer in Thy Mercy’s Right.

Verse 7
To Battle in Thy Strength I go
Against the Trampler on Thy Grace,
The Hellish Reprobating Foe,
The Molock of our Helpless Race.

Verse 8
The Fiend who counterfeits Thy Seal,
Consigns as by Thy Dire Decree
Whole Nations with their Babes to Hell,
And damns from All Eternity.

Verse 9
Sworn Enemy to All his Art,
And Pains to wash the Ethiop white,
Jesu, till Soul and Body part,
With Satan in Thy Strength I fight.

Verse 10
Whether he damns or passes by
The wretched Reprobated Brood,
His utmost Efforts I defy
To stain the Mercy of my GOD.

Verse 11
Long as in me Thy Breath remains,
Long as the Circling Blood shall flow,
I spend my Soul, and Strength and Pains
To reprobate Thy Hellish Foe.

Verse 12
To pluck the Prey out of his Teeth,
On every Soul of Man to call,
And testify in Life and Death
Who died for me hath died for All.