May God Depend on You?

In the warfare that is raging
For the truth and for the right,
When the conflict fierce is raging
With the powers of the night,
God needs people brave and true;
May He then depend on you?

Refrain

May the Lord depend on you?
Loyalty is but His due;
Say, O spirit brave and true,
That He may depend on you!

See, they come on sable pinions,
Come in strong Satanic might,
Powers come and dark dominions
From the regions of the night.
God requires the brave and true;
May He then depend on you?

Refrain

From His throne the Father sees us;
Angels help us to prevail;
And our Leader true is Jesus,
And we shall not, cannot fail.
Triumph crowns the brave and true;
May the Lord depend on you?

Refrain

Author: W. C. Poole

Year: 1914

This gospel song with its distinctive martial theme and refrain is most commonly attributed to W. C. (William Charles) Poole, an American hymn writer active in the early 20th century. Some older collections list the music as composed by C. Austin Miles with words by Poole; a few later printings have been misattributed to other authors, but Poole remains the primary attribution.