There’s a place in the ranks to be filled today

September 27

There’s a place in the ranks to be filled today;
Who will stand with the “Tried and True?”
‘Mid the battle’s din and the cannon’s roar,
Can the Master count on you?

Will you stay in the fight when the battle’s on,
When your comrades are falling fast?
Can He count on you till the battle’s o’er,
To be true to the very last?

Will you join our ranks as we march along,
To the mansions prepared on high,
To adore our King ‘mid the blood-washed throng,
Where the saints shall never die?

Chorus
Can the Master count on you?
Are you one of the “Tried and True?”
Hear the battle cry, “You must fight or die;”
Can the Master count on you?
     C. B. Widmeyer