Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:3
Words: Elizabeth C. Gaskell, 1848.
Music: Navarre, attributed to King Theobald of Navarre. Arranged by Daniel B. Towner, 1908 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Sleep not, soldier of the cross,
Foes are lurking all around;
Look not here to find repose;
This is but thy battleground.
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Sleep not, soldier of the cross,
Foes are lurking all around;
Look not here to find repose;
This is but thy battleground.
Up! and take thy shield and sword!
Up! it is the call of Heav’n;
Shrink not faithless from thy Lord;
Nobly strive, as He hath striven.
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Break thro’ all the force of ill;
Tread the might of passion down;
Struggling onward, onward still,
To thy conquering Savior’s crown.
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Thro’ the midst of toil and pain,
Let this thought ne’er leave thy breast;
Every triumph thou dost gain
Makes more sweet thy coming rest.
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