Bible Songs — Missionary Songs

Hear the Call

Lo! the day of God is breaking;

No. 1246
Tune HEAR THE CALL.
Words W. F. S.
Music Wm. F. Sherwin.
Key B-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Lo! the day of God is breaking;See the gleaming from afar!Sons of earth, from slumber waking,Hail the bright and Morning Star.

Chorus.

Hear the call! O gird your armor on;Grasp the Spirit's mighty Sword,Take the helmet of salvation,Pressing on to battle for the Lord.

Trust in him who is your Captain;Let no heart in terror quail;Jesus leads the gath'ring legions,In his name we shall prevail.

Onward marching, firm and steady,Faint not, fear not Satan's frown,For the Lord is with you always,Till you wear the victor's crown.

Conq'ring hosts with banners waving,Sweeping on o'er hill and plain,Ne'er shall halt till swells the anthem,"Christ o'er all the world doth reign!"

About this hymn

As printed As printed: no running head on this page; hymn number «1246» (large, left), title «HEAR THE CALL.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals; the final mark is blurred in the scan); under it, centred on two lines, the epigraph «"Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and hav- / ing done all; to stand."—Eph. 6; 13.»; then «W. F. S.» at the left (words) and «WM. F. SHERWIN.» at the right (music, capitals and small capitals). «March movement.» in bold italic over the first system. No meter and no reference line are printed. The four stanzas are interlinear in systems 1–2, numbered «1.»–«4.»; «CHORUS.» stands over system 3 and the chorus words run as one line through systems 3–4. The chorus is printed once and is sung after every stanza. Under the music, centred: «By permission.». The word «Conq'ring» is printed unbroken under two notes; the syllable divisions are recorded in `lyrics_syllables.txt` and joined here. Curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («gath'ring», «Conq'ring», «Ne'er», «o'er», «Morning Star», «Captain», «Spirit's mighty Sword»).