Sound the Battle Cry

Verse 1
Sound the bat­tle cry! See, the foe is nigh; (I Pet. 5:8-9)
Raise the stand­ard high for the Lord; (Ps. 60:4, Isa. 11:10-12, Isa. 59:19)
Gird your ar­mor on, stand firm ev­ery one; (Eph. 6:10-17, I Thess. 5:8, I Cor. 16:13)
Rest your cause up­on His ho­ly Word.

Chorus
Rouse, then, sol­diers, ral­ly round the ban­ner,
Ready, stea­dy, pass the word along;
Onward, for­ward, shout aloud Ho­san­na! (Matt. 21:9, Matt. 21:15, Mark 11:9-10, John 12:13)
Christ is cap­tain of the migh­ty throng. (Josh. 5:13-15, Heb. 2:10)

Verse 2
Strong to meet the foe, march­ing on we go,
While our cause we know, must pre­vail; (Matt. 16:18, I Cor. 15:57-58)
Shield and ban­ner bright, gleam­ing in the light, (Ps. 3:3, Ps. 84:11, Eph. 6:16, Ps. 60:4)
Battling for the right we ne’er can fail.

Verse 3
O! Thou God of all, hear us when we call, (Ps. 4:1, Ps. 17:6, Ps. 27:7, Jer. 33:3)
Help us one and all by Thy grace; (Heb. 4:16)
When the bat­tle’s done, and the vic­t’ry’s won, (II Tim. 4:7)
May we wear the crown be­fore Thy face. (II Tim. 4:7-8, James 1:12, I Pet. 5:4, Rev. 2:10, Rev. 4:10)