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Summoned home, the call has sounded

Summoned home, the call has sounded

Author: Herbert Booth
Tune: [Summoned home, the call has sounded]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Summoned home! the call has sounded
Bidding a soldier his warfare cease;
And the song of angels resounding
Welcomes a warrior to eternal peace.
Praise the Lord! From earthly struggles
A comrade has found release.
Death has lost its sting, the grave its victory,
Conflicts and dangers are over;
See him honoured at the throne of glory,
Crowned by the hand of Jehovah.

Refrain:
Strife and sorrow over,
The lord’s true faithful soldier
Has been called to go from the ranks below
To the conquering hast above.

2 Once the sword, but now the sceptre,
Once the fight, now the rest and fame;
Broken every earthly fetter,
Now the glory for the cross and shame;
Once the loss of all for Jesus,
But now the eternal gain.
Trials and sorrows here have now their meaning found,
Mysteries their explanation;
Safe for ever in the sunlight gleaming
Of his eternal salvation.


Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #894

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Author: Herbert Booth

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Text Information

First Line: Summoned home, the call has sounded
Author: Herbert Booth
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Strife and sorrow over
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #5683
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The Cyber Hymnal #5683

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #894

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #894
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