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Hymn: Am I a soldier of the cross (FL)

Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion

Date: 1867

Compiler: A D Fillmore

Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co

First Line: Am I a soldier of the cross

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune: Atwater

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 141, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Am I a soldier of the cross,
A follower of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own his cause, 
Or blush to speak his name?
Or blush to speak his name.
Or blush to speak his name?
And shall I fear to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name?


Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of case,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?
And sailed through bloody seas,
And sailed through bloody seas?
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?



Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?
Is this vile world a friend to grace,
To help me on to God?


Sure I must fight, if I would reign;
Increase my courage, Lord!
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by thy word.


Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer, though they die;
They see the triumph from afar,
And seize it with their eye.


When that illustrious day shall rise,
And all thine armies shine
In robes of victory through the skies,
The glory shall be thine.