Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Christ is set on Zion's hill
Topic: The Christian Warefare
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 123
Page Number: 107, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsChrist is set on Zion's hill,
He receiveth sinners still;
Who will serve this blessed King?
Come, enlist, and with me sing;
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
I, by faith, enlisted am,
In the service of the Lamb,
Present pay I now receive,
Future happiness he'll give;
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
Zion's King my captain is,
Conquest I shall never miss;
Let the fiends of hell engage,
Fret and foam, and roar and rage;
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
Let the world their forces join,
With the fiends of hell combine;
Greater is my King than they,
Thro' him I shall win the day;
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
Wicked men I scorn to fear,
Tho' they persecute me here,
True, they may the body kill,
But my King's on Zion's hill;
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
What a Captain I have got,
Is not mine a happy lot?
Hear, ye worldlings, hear my song,
This the language of my tongue,
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
When this life's short space is o'er,
I shall live to die no more;
Therefore will I take the sword,
Fight for Jesus Christ my Lord.
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
Come, dear sinners, come enlist,
'Tis the voice of Jesus Christ;
Whosoever will, may come,
Jesus Christ refuses none.
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
Jesus is my captain's name,
Now as yesterday the same;
This you surely may believe,
All who come he will receive.
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.
Be persuaded, do obey;
All your sins he'll wash away;
Now in Jesus' name believe,
Future happiness he'll give.
I, his soldier, sure shall be
Happy in eternity.