1 See the fight is on it its pow’r today,
Right against the wrong met in stern array,
And the Lord needs men who will bravely go
To the battle’s front there to meet the foe.
Refrain:
“Be strong in the Lord and the power of His might,”
Oh, “watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit ye like me, be strong.”
2 Yes, the Lord needs men who will brothers be,
To their fellow-men in adversity;
Who with hearts of love and an outstretch’d hand
Will thro’ grace divine help the weak to stand. [Refrain]
3 Still the Lord needs men for His witnesses
Who will stand for God and for holiness;
With the Spirit’s pow’r ev’ry heart aflame,
Preaching full salvation thro’ Jesus’ name. [Refrain]
4 Are you counted in with the tried and true?
Can the God of battles depend on you?
With the shot and shell flying thick and fast
Will you faithful be ‘till the warfare’s past? [Refrain]
Source: The Tabernacle Hymns #195
Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by."
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