Verse 1

FORGET them not, O Christ, who stand Thy vanguard in the distant land.

Verse 2

In flood, in flame, in dark, in dread, Sustain, we pray, each lifted head.

Verse 3

Exalt them over every fear, In peril come Thyself more near.

Verse 4

Thine is the work they strive to do, Their foes so many, they so few.

Verse 5

Be with Thine own, thy loved, Who stand, Christ’s vanguard, in the stormswept land.

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