SDA Hymns – The Son Of God Goes Forth To War (Guitar)

G                   C
The Son of God goes forth to war

  G               D
A kingly crown to gain.

    G            G7          C
His blood-red banner streams afar;

    G       D  G
Who follows in His train?

G            G7        C
Who best can drink His cup of woe,

   D7
Triumphant over pain,

    G                 C
Who patient bears his cross below--

   G       D7     G
He follows in His train.

G                       C
The martyr first, whose eagle eye

      G                 D
Could pierce beyond the grave,

    G          G7     C
Who saw his Master in the sky

    G         D   G
And called on Him to save.

G              G7     C
Like Him, with pardon on His tongue,

   D7
In midst of mortal pain,

   G                    C
He prayed for them that did the wrong--

    G       D7     G
Who follows in his train?

G                    C
A glorious band, the chosen few,

   G               D
On whom the Spirit came,

       G               G7         C
Twelve valiant saints--their hope they knew

    G          D     G
And mocked the cross and flame.

G            G7       C
They met the tyrant's brandished steel,

    D7
The lion's gory mane;

     G                       C
They bowed their necks their death to feel--

    G       D7       G
Who follows in their train?

G             C
A noble army, men and boys,

    G              D
The matron and the maid,

 G            G7           C
Around the Savior's throne rejoice,

   G        D     G
In robes of light arrayed.

G                G7     C
They climbed the steep ascent of heaven

        D7
Through peril, toil, and pain.

  G              C
O God, to us may grace be given

   G      D7       G
To follow in their train!