FREEDOM'S CAUSE

Our cause is just and holy--
   To it we'll ever stand:
Our right to life and liberty--
   Is all that we demand.
Our sword is truth--our shield is love--
   Our best plea faith and prayer--
Our armor is the fear of God,
   And we the foe will dare:
Our cause is just and holy,
   To it we'll ever stand.

Our cause is just and holy;
   And backed by power divine;
To trust in God's own sacred word
   Our hearts are well inclined,
And it shall be our pride and boast
   To sink the gospel truth
Into the hearts of all our foes--
   The aged and the youth,
Our cause is just and holy,
   To it we'll ever stand.

Our cause is just and holy--
   Our country's good at stake:
We wish to pull down Tyranny
   And laws of justice make:
And this we fancy not to do
   By shedding human blood;
Our veins shall never drain to make
   A mighty crimson flood.
Our cause is just and holy;
   To it we'll ever stand.

Our cause is just and holy--
   We feel it in our veins;
For Jesus came all men to save
   From misery, sin, and chains:
His blood ran free on Calvery
   For every human soul
From Palestine to Africa--
   It saves from poll to poll.
Our cause is just and holy
   To it we'll ever stand.

Our cause is just and holy,
   For it we'll ever pray,
Although we may not see the good
   We do till Judgment day.
We'll plead our cause where e'er we go;
   Till all mankind shall see;
And Slavery's friends shall feel and own
   That God made all men free.
Our cause is just and holy
   To it we'll ever stand.