Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: The war in which the soldier fights
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 6s
Tune: Christian Soldier
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 249, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe war in which the soldier fights,
Is not the war for me;
By it are crush'd all fond delights,
And sadness there I see:
But there's a war, -- a holy strife,
In which is gain'd a blissful life
Through all eternity;
O that's the war for me!
O that's the war for me!
O that's the war for me!
The sword the crested warrior wields,
Is not the sword for me;
While marching over tented fields,
To death or victory;
But there's a sword that pierces deep,
And often makes the sinner weep,
And to the Saviour flee;
O that's the sword for me!
The fame that's gain'd by men of blood,
Is not the fame for me;
By drenching earth in gory flood,
Of friend and enemy;
But O, the fame, the glory bright,
The Christian soldier has in sight,
As onward marches he;
O that's the fame for me.
The wreath that binds the victor's brow,
Is not the wreath for me;
For, to receive it who would bow,
Save that through pride it be;
But there's a wreath, -- a shining crown
For him, who gains (O great renown!)
O'er sin the victory;
O that's the wreath for me!