1 We’re enlisted in the army of our Savior and our King,
Of His power and His majesty we evermore will sing;
We have buckled on the armor, and we’re going forth to war;
Hear the trumpet sound of battle ringing out from shore to shore.
Chorus:
Onward march to victory,
Just before the foe we see;
‘Neath the blessed blood-stained banner of the cross of Calvary,
We are going forth to conquer, singing songs of victory.
2 With the helmet of salvation and the Spirit’s piercing sword,
We must follow our Commander and obey Him and His word;
By the shield of faith protected from the enemy are we,
And our Savior goes before us, leading on to victory. [Chorus]
3 By the Pentecostal power of the blessed Holy Ghost,
We shall gain a mighty vict’ry over Satan and his host;
When the final fight is over, we will lay our armor down,
And from Jesus, our Commander, then receive a starry crown. [Chorus]
Source: Light and Life Songs No. 2 #41
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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