BEFORE BATTLE
We have toiled O Lord, with our blood and might,And have offered a hymn to Thee;And in pain and rags we have spent our light,And our nights in misery;We have dug the trench and built the site,That we might be near to Thee;O Lord our God, we have spent our lightIn search of Thee.
Garish culture we spurned as we spurned all things That were not in the grace of Thee; And we bowed our heads and our hearts to kings Who wore crowns by their claims in Thee; In the deep of night we have sung thy praise, Unperishing songs of Thee; O Lord our God, we have spent our days In praise of Thee.
We've preserved our flesh from the joys of lustThat we might be clean with Thee;We have fed our souls on the dryest dust,That we might keep true to Thee;We have fought, and many the odds have stood,We have conquered the world for Thee;O Lord our God, we have spilled our bloodFor love of Thee.
We have toiled, O Lord, with our blood and might, And have offered a hymn to Thee; Yet our days you've cursed with the gloom of night, And our nights with misery; We have kept our faith through the bitterest strife, Through the bitterest strife for Thee; O Lord our God, take of our dust, Our faith in Thee.