259. We Are Living, We Are Dwelling

1 We are living, we are dwelling,
In a grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling;
To be living is sublime.
Hark! the waking up of nations,
Hosts advancing to the fray;
Hark! what soundeth is creation’s
Groaning for the latter day.

2 Will ye play, then? will ye dally
Far behind the battle line?
Up! it is Jehovah’s rally;
God’s own arm hath need of thine.
Worlds are changing, heaven beholding;
Thou hast but an hour to fight;
Now, the blazoned cross unfolding
On, right onward for the right.

3 Sworn to yield, to waver never;
Consecrated, born again;
Sworn to be Christ’s soldiers ever,
O for Christ at last be men!
O let all the soul within you
For the truth’s sake go abroad!
Strike! let every nerve and sinew
Tell on ages, tell for God.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: We are living, we are dwelling
Title: We Are Living, We Are Dwelling
Author: Arthur C. Coxe (1840)
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. D.
Publication Date: 1957
Scripture: ;
Tune Information
Name: AUSTRIAN HYMN
Composer: Franz J. Haydn (1797)
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. D.
Key: E♭ Major



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