Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Soldiers of Christ arise
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: SM
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Hymn Number: 115
Page Number: 064, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSOLDIERS of Christ, arise,
Now put your armour on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies,
Through his eternal Son.
Strong in the Lord of hosts,
And in his mighty power;
He who in his Redeemer trusts,
Is more than conqueror.
Stand then in his great might,
With all his strength endued;
Take you, to arm you for the fight,
The panoply of God.
Then when your work is done,
And all your conflicts past,
You shall o'ercome, through Christ alone,
And stand entire at last.
Stand then against your foes
In close and firm array;
Legions of wily fiends oppose,
Throughout the evil day.
But meet the sons of night,
Oppose their vain design;
Arm'd in the arms of heavenly light--
Of righteousness divine.
Leave no unguarded place,
No weakness of the soul;
Take every virtue, every grace,
And fortify the whole.
Ever together joined,
To battle all proceed:
Arm you yourselves with all the mind
That was in Christ your head.
DOXOLOGY.
Glory to Christ our head!
His name is all divine:
His glories round the world are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.