115. Soldiers of the cross, arise!

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
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
Name: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
Composer: Pierre de Corbeil, d. 1222
Meter: Four 7's
Incipit: 12312 71556 34553
Key: F Major



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