114b | The Hymnal#115 | 116a |
Text: | Soldiers of the cross, arise! |
Author: | W. Walsham How |
Tune: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Composer: | Pierre de Corbeil, d. 1222 |
1 Soldiers of the cross, arise!
Gird you with your armor bright!
Mighty are your enemies,
Hard the battle ye must fight.
2 O'er a faithless fallen world,
Raise your banner in the sky!
Let it float there wide unfurled!
Bear it onward! lift it high!
3 'Mid the homes of want and woe,
Strangers to a living Word,
Let the Saviour's herald go!
Let the voice of hope be heard!
4 Where the shadows deepest lie,
Carry truth's unsullied ray!
Where are crimes of blackest dye,
There the saving sight display!
5 To the weary and the worn
Tell of realms where sorrows cease!
To the outcast and forlorn
Speak of mercy and of peace!
6 Guard the helpless! seek the strayed!
Comfort troubles! banish grief!
In the might of God arrayed,
Scatter sin and unbelief!
7 Be the banner still unfurled,
Still unsheathed the Spirit's sword,
Till the kingdoms of the world
Are the kingdom of the Lord!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Soldiers of the cross, arise! |
Author: | W. Walsham How (1864) |
Meter: | Four 7's |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Septuagesima; Ember Days and Ordination; Brotherhood and Service |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Composer: | Pierre de Corbeil, d. 1222 |
Meter: | Four 7's |
Incipit: | 12312 71556 34553 |
Key: | F Major |