Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Christ is set on Zion's hill
Topic: The Christian Warfare
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 155
Page Number: 171, 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, &c.
Zion's King my Captain is,
Conquest I shall never miss;
Let the fiends of hell engage,
Fret and foam, and roar an drage:
I, his soldier, &c.
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, &c.
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, &c.
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, &c.
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, &c.
Come, dear sinners, come enlist,
'Tis the voice of Jesus Christ;
Whosoever will, may come,
Jesus Christ refuses none.
I, his soldier, &c.
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, &c.
Be persuaded to 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.