Soldiers ! gird on all your armor,
Daily watch, and strive, and pray;
Fight the fight till life is ended;
Draw the sword, and smite, and slay.
Leading your triumphant army,
See the Cross move on before!
When His Church is all united,
C HRIST shall reign for evermore.

Hosts of darkness prowl around us, —
Thoughts and words and deeds unclean, —
Sundering, murmuring, undermining,
Working in the gloom unseen.
Light shines out with power victorious,
Sunbeams dance on sea and shore;
Hosts of darkness all are routed;
Light is K ING for evermore.

Hosts of hatred hurl against us
Malice, envy, pride and scorn;
By their sects, and schisms, and errors,
Lo! the seamless Robe is torn.
Love beams forth with mighty sweetness,
J ESU ' S Blood is running o'er;
Hatred quails, and shrinks, and changes:
L OVE is K ING for evermore.

Hosts of Satan, tempting, tainting,
Foul the very air we breathe; —
Striking, stinging, slandering, lying,
Swarming up from hell beneath.
Fiery chariots, flaming legions,
Fill our heavens with flash and roar;
Hosts of Satan flee confounded:
C HRIST is K ING for evermore.