Death, like

a narrow sea, di- vides
This heav'n-ly land from ours.
lin ger, shiv-'ring, on the brink, And fear to launch a

And
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. AMEN.

way.

Fling open wide the gold

Oh, joy, for all its

let
en gates, And
for - mer woes, A

the victors

0

in. paid. late.

thousand- fold re
fa ther-less, Nor widows des
Show in the heav'ns Thy promised sign: Thou Prince and Saviour, come.

Orphans no

lon- ger

A-MEN.

FLI

Point-ing to the sky, Wav- ing wand'rers on - ward To their home on high. A-MEN.

244

H. Alford, 1871

= 100.

Forward Be Our Watchword
(Watchword)

H. Smart, 1872

4 4

glories

1. For-ward! be our watch-word, Steps and voices join'd; Seek the things before
2. For-ward, when in child-hood Buds the infant mind;
3. Glories up - on
Hath our God pre- pared,

us,

All thro' youth and man-hood,
By the souls that love Him

March-ing as to

war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before. A-MEN. 唱