Ye soldiers of the kingdom on the battle-fields of sin,
Each time you press the battle you the victory should win;
Do not spread out like billows as they madly foam and toss,
But concentrate your efforts as you rally around the cross.

Refrain:
Then rally around the cross, rally around the cross;
You’ll never meet disaster if you rally around the cross.
Then rally around the cross, rally around the cross;
You’ll grow more like the Master if you rally around the cross

Stand fast so that the Captain may depend each day on you,
Each day enduring hardships as His soldiers good and true;
Esteeming ease and pleasure as but tinsel and but dross;
Unfurl the Gospel banner as you rally around the cross. [Refrain]

On every field of battle where the sabers clash and ring,
The fighting is the hardest wheresoever stands the King;
E’er watch the royal banner while defending it from loss;
You cannot be defeated if you rally around the cross. [Refrain]