O ye pilgrims, sing an exhortation, Let its music sound within your heart; Life or death, or storm of persecution, Never, never from the Lord depart.
Refrain: O my brethren, be ye holy, Live for Christ and souls He died to save; Be firm and true for God forever, Till His praise around the throne we sing.
Millions lost today have stumbled downward O’er religion blent with shades of night; Oh, let not our Lord be thus dishonored, While we’re in this golden evening light.
God has called us to a high profession, And the world is watching every day; If ill-tempered in the provocation, Then, alas, you do the Lord betray.
If we truly love the dear Redeemer, Meekly suffer with Him loss and shame; If we say that He abideth in us, As He walked, so we should walk the same.
Oh, by all the sacred bliss of heaven, And by all the love we owe to God, Keep the solemn charge the Lord has given, Watch and pray, and live beneath the blood.