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

Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist

Date: 1848

Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore

Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard

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:

Hymn Number: 67

Page Number: 092, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Am I a soldier of the cross,

A follower of the Lamb?

And shall I fear to won his cause,

Or blush to speak his name?



Must I be carried tot he skies,

On flowery beds of ease,

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 the 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 thought they die;

They see the triumph from afar,

By faith they bring it nigh.



When that illustrious morn shall rise,

And all thine armies shine,

In robes of victory through the skies,

The glory shall be thine.