Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Lukewarm souls the foe grows stronger
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 351
Page Number: 344, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLukewarm souls, the foe grows stronger,
See what foes your camp surround!
Arm to battle -- lag no longer --
Hark! the martial trumpets sound.
Wake ye sleepers -- wake -- what mean you?
Up and search, the world's within you --
Seize and chase the traitor out.
What enchants you? gold or pleasure?
Pluck right eyes -- with right hands part --
Ask your conscience where's your treasure? --
For be certain there's your heart.
Give the fawning foe no credit,
Lo! the bloody flag's unfurled --
That base heart -- the word hath said it,
Loves not God that loves the world.
God and mammon -- O be wiser!
Serve them both -- it cannot be;
Ease in warfare -- saint and sluggard --
These will -- never will agree.
Shame the shame of folly falling --
Cumber'd captives clogg'd with clay --
Prove your faith, make sure your calling,
Wield the sword; and win the day.