"Jacob's Ladder"
(Traditional American Tune)
(Additional Text by Lewis G. Scharpf, Jr.)

"....and behold, a ladder was set on the earth
with its top reaching to heaven... Genesis 28:12




CHORAL INTRODUCTION (a cappella)

In Jacob's dream there was a ladder,
It reached from earth to heav'n this ladder,
And God was there above His ladder,
Soldiers of the cross.

Verse 1

We are climbing Jacob's ladder,
We are climbing Jacob's ladder,
We are climbing Jacob's ladder,
Soldiers of the cross.

VERSE 2

(Women)
Ev'ry rung goes higher, higher,

(Men)
Makes the climbing harder, harder,

(All)
Life's a journey on this ladder, soldiers of the cross.

VERSE 3 (All)

Ev'ry rung goes higher, higher,
As we climb up Jacobs ladder,
Each rung lifts us higher, higher,
Soldiers of the cross.

VERSE 3 (Women)

On this ladder we are climbing,
Some are striving some are sighing,
On this ladder, some are trusting,
Some are trying, some are tiring,
On this ladder, we can seek Him,
We can know Him, we can serve Him,
Soldiers of the cross.

VERSE 4 (Women and Men Simultaneously)

Women Men On this ladder we are climbing, We are climbing____, Some are striving some are sighing, Jacob's ladder_____, On this ladder, some are trusting, We are climbing____, Some are trying, some are tiring, Jacob's ladder_____, On this ladder, we can seek Him, We are climbing____, We can know Him, we can serve Him, Jacob's ladder_____,
All Soldiers, of the cross.

VERSE 5

(Men)
Jacob said he saw a ladder,

(Women)
Jesus came to be that ladder,

(All)
Why not climb the ladder with Him, soldiers of the cross.

VERSE 6 (Full Chorus)

We are climbing, Jacob's ladder,
Ev'ry rung provides new highs,
Why not seek Him, why not know Him, why not serve Him,
Soldiers of the cross, the cross,
Soldiers of the cross.

(men)
In Jacob's dream there was a ladder.




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