Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: I lift my banner saith the Lord
Topic: The Ruin of Antichrist
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 289
Page Number: 245, click to see hymnal pages
Lyics"I lift my banner," saith the Lord,
"Where Antichrist hath stood;
"The city of my gospel foes,
"Shall be a field of blood.
My heart hath studi'd just revenge,
"And now the day appears,
"The day of my redeem'd is come,
"To wipe away their tears.
"Quite weary has my patience grown,
"And bids my fury go;
"Swift as the lightning it shall move,
"And be as fatal, too.
"I call'd for helpers, but in vain,
"Then has my gospel none?
"Well, mine own arm has might enough,
"To crush my foes alone.
"Slaughter and my devouring sword,
"Shall walk the streets around,
"Babel shall reel beneath my stroke,
"And stagger to the ground.
Thine honors, O victorious King!
Thine own right hand shall raise;
While we thine awful vengeance sing,
And our deliv'ver praise.