Faith Is the Victory

Verse 1
Encamped along the hills of light,
Ye Christ­ian sol­diers, rise.
And press the bat­tle ere the night (Eph. 6:10-13)
Shall veil the glow­ing skies.
Against the foe in vales be­low
Let all our strength be hurled.
Faith is the vic­to­ry, we know, (I John 5:4)
That ov­er­comes the world.

Chorus
Faith is the vic­to­ry!
Faith is the vic­to­ry!
O glo­ri­ous vic­to­ry,
That overcomes the world. (I John 5:4)

Verse 2
His ban­ner ov­er us is love, (Song of Solomon 2:4)
Our sword the Word of God. (Eph. 6:17, Heb. 4:12)
We tread the road the saints ab­ove
With shouts of tri­umph trod.
By faith, they like a whirl­wind’s breath,
Swept on o’er ev­ery field.
The faith by which they con­quered death
Is still our shin­ing shield. (Eph. 6:16)

Verse 3
On ev­ery hand the foe we find
Drawn up in dread ar­ray.
Let tents of ease be left be­hind,
And on­ward to the fray.
Salvation’s hel­met on each head, (Eph. 6:17, I Thess. 5:8, Isa. 59:17)
With truth all girt about, (Eph. 6:14)
The earth shall trem­ble ’neath our tread,
And ec­ho with our shout.

Verse 4
To him that ov­er­comes the foe,
White rai­ment shall be giv’n. (Rev. 3:5)
Before the an­gels he shall know
His name con­fessed in Heav’n. (Matt. 10:32, Luke 12:8, Rev. 3:5)
Then on­ward from the hill of light,
Our hearts with love aflame,
We’ll van­quish all the hosts of night,
In Je­sus’ con­qu’ring name. (Phil. 2:9-11)