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[Lo! this our marching order still]
“Speak unto the children of Israel, that
they go forward.”—Ex. xiv. 15.
Lo! this our marching order still,
As on that day of God's great power,
Forward! it is the Master's will,
The Saviour's hour.
As on that day of God's great power,
Forward! it is the Master's will,
The Saviour's hour.
Go forward, trusting in the Lord,
New trials will bring mercies new,
For certain, He that gives the word
Will go with you.
New trials will bring mercies new,
For certain, He that gives the word
Will go with you.
Behind, the foe is hastening on,
Eager his purpose to fulfil,
And Forward safety lies, but none
In standing still.
Eager his purpose to fulfil,
And Forward safety lies, but none
In standing still.
Across your path a stormy sea
Is breaking on a waste of sand;
But God's ways on the waters be
As on the land.
Is breaking on a waste of sand;
But God's ways on the waters be
As on the land.
And thirst and hunger soon shall make
Your heart, in deserts parched, to sink;
Yet there ye from His hand shall take
Both food and drink.
Your heart, in deserts parched, to sink;
Yet there ye from His hand shall take
Both food and drink.
Forward! He will be with you there
Wherever He would have you go,
And to your fear and your despair
A path will show.
Wherever He would have you go,
And to your fear and your despair
A path will show.
O look not back, nor hunger for
The coarse abundance of the Nile;
Think rather of the yoke ye bore
A cruel while.
The coarse abundance of the Nile;
Think rather of the yoke ye bore
A cruel while.
There is no freedom and no peace
Except in making progress true,
And every new stage will increase
His grace to you.
Except in making progress true,
And every new stage will increase
His grace to you.
Forward! to learn the higher truth
Through harder tasks of duty done,
What though the way be rough or smooth
If Life be won?
Through harder tasks of duty done,
What though the way be rough or smooth
If Life be won?
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