Scripture Verse

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2:10

Introduction

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 353: The Chris­tian war­ri­or ani­mat­ed and re­newed.

Music: Lam­beth (Schult­hes) Wil­helm A. F. Schult­hes, 1871 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Wilhelm A. F. Schulthes (1816–1879)

Lyrics

Hark, ’tis our heav’n­ly lead­er’s voice
From His tri­um­phant seat:
’Midst all the war’s tu­mult­uous noise,
How pow­er­ful, and how sweet!

Fight on, My faith­ful band, He cries,
“Nor fear the mor­tal blow;
Who first in such a war­fare dies
Shall spee­di­est vic­to­ry know.

“I have My days of com­bat known,
And in the dust was laid,
But thence I mount­ed to My throne,
And glo­ry crowns My head.

That throne, that glo­ry you shall share;
My hands the crown shall give;
And you the spark­ling hon­ors wear,
While God Him­self shall live.

Lord, ’tis enough; our bo­soms glow
With cour­age, and with love:
Thine hand shall bear Thy sol­diers thro’,
And raise their heads above.

My soul, while deaths be­set me round,
Erects her ar­dent eyes,
And longs, thro’ some il­lus­tri­ous wound,
To rush and seize the prize.