If we are working out Thy plan,
Give our brave soldiers arms of steel,
And may each prove himself a man—
To God and to his nation leal,
And never falter in the fight,
But die, if need be, for the right.
May right prevail in this dread war,
Though we be humbled in the dust;
To fail our end is better far
Then gain it, if it be unjust,