Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Life is one continued battle
Topic: Christian/Warfare
Writer: C Smith
Composer: J Rosecrans
Meter: 8s and 7s with chorus
Tune: Buckle on the Armor
Hymn Number: 637
Page Number: 249, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLIFE is one continued battle,
Never ended, never o'er;
And the Christian's path to glory
Is a conflict evermore.
CHO.-Christian, buckle on thy armor,
Let the weak points strengthened be;
Fight thy fight-all heaven shall greet thee
In the hour of vic-to-ry.
Satan ever watches round him,
Seeks to find the weakest part,
And in moments most unheeded
Quickly throws his fiery dart.-CHO.
If perchance they heart grows weary
With the struggle and the fight,
And the day seems dark and dreary,
Little sunshine, little light;-CHO.
Be that light but fain and feeble,
It shall guide thee evermore,
And at every battle leave thee
Stronger than thou wast before.-CHO.