Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Christians keep your armor bright
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CMD
Tune:
Hymn Number: 861
Page Number: 507, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsChristians, keep your armor bright,
Rejoice, give thanks, and sing;
In union strong together fight;
Hosanna to our King!
Come, and laud and magnify his name,
Nor let his praises cease;
His ways are ways of pleasantness
And all his paths are peace.
CHORUS
O it will be glorious!
With crowns and palms victorious,
And Jesus reigning over us,
When our sad warfare's o'er.
We will not act the coward's part,
But outward all proceed:
Our Captain shall his grace impart
In ev'ry time of need.
Great peace have they who love his cause,
And on his word rely;
From such as keep his holy laws
The enemy will fly.
The world and sin may grieve us sore,
And rouse our weakest fears;
Our march is but a few days more
Through this dark vale of tears.
Death may assail, and Satan too,
With his opposing pow'rs;
But let us prove our valor true,
The victory is ours.