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Text:Onward Will We Go
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:ONWARD
Composer:Ira David Sankey
Media:MIDI file

5260. Onward Will We Go

1. With our Savior close beside us,
Onward will we go;
With His loving hand to guide us,
Onward will we go.
Since His truth abideth ever,
And His love no power can sever,
Since His promise faileth never—
Onward will we go.

2. In the strength of His salvation,
Onward will we go;
Heeding not the world’s temptation,
Onward will we go.
Though the clouds may gather o’er us,
This our watchword and our chorus:
He has trod the way before us;
Onward will we go.

3. Every trial meekly bearing,
Onward will we go;
Each another’s burden sharing,
Onward will we go.
By His mighty arm defended,
By the heav’nly guards attended,
Till our life work here is ended,
Onward will we go.

Text Information
First Line: With our Savior close beside us
Title: Onward Will We Go
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1901)
Meter: 85.85.88.85
Language: English
Source: Gems of Song for the Sunday School, by Ira Sankey & Hubert P. Main (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main Company, 1901).
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ONWARD
Composer: Ira David Sankey
Meter: 85.85.88.85
Incipit: 32134 31221 23321
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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