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Text:Christ's Soldiers
Author:Letis Thorne
Tune:LA GUAIRA
Composer:Howard Kingsbury
Media:MIDI file

17028. Christ's Soldiers

1. We’re sol­diers, and we’re march­ing on
To our Im­ma­nuel’s land;
With mu­sic we will pass along,
A hap­py, faith­ful band.

Refrain

"Glory!" we sing to Christ our king,
While we His tem­ples throng;
Let "Glo­ry in the high­est!" be
Our ev­er­last­ing song.

2. We’ve foes to fight, we’ve fields to win,
We’ve crowns of life to gain;
Then strike and con­quer ev­ery sin,
The vic­to­ry at­tain.

Refrain

3. We’ll take the hel­met, sword and shield;
Begirt with truth and love,
We’ll fight, nor ev­er quit the field
Till called to rest ab­ove.

Refrain

4. Salvation shall our hel­met be,
Our breast­plate, love and faith;
Clad in this glo­ri­ous pa­no­ply,
We’ll all fight on till death.

Refrain

5. Then, when the vic­t’ry we at­tain,
We’ll lay our laur­els down
Before the Lamb that once was slain
To win for us a crown.

Refrain

Text Information
First Line: We're soldiers, and we're marching on
Title: Christ's Soldiers
Author: Letis Thorne
Refrain First Line: "Glory!" we sing to Christ our king
Meter: CMD
Language: English
Source: In Echo to Happy Voices (New York: American Tract Society, 1869), number 77
Tune Information
Name: LA GUAIRA
Composer: Howard Kingsbury (1874)
Meter: CMD
Key: E♭ Major



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