Scripture Verse

A good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3

Introduction

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James H. Ruebush
1865–1948

Words: Ma­ry B. Shuss, in Lit­tle Branch­es No. 3, ed­it­ed by Charles H. Ga­bri­el (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Mey­er & Bro­ther, 1899).

Music: Rue­bush James H. Rue­bush (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Shuss (head-and-shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Little soldiers in the field,
Fighting for the Lord;
Christ, our captain and our shield,
Guards us with His word.

Refrain

Little friends, come along,
Join our youthful band;
We are marching, marching on
T’ward the happy land.

See the glorious banner wave,
Love, our motto true;
All our soldiers, good and brave,
Keep it full in view.

Refrain

Whosoever will may come
And go with us now;
Christ, our captain, shelters all
In the narrow way.

Refrain

Soon we’ll reach the shining land,
See our Savior’s face;
For each one of our great band
He’s prepared a place.

Refrain