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[Awake, and in His strength renewed]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 51564 32133 71121 Used With Text: He Must Reign

Author: C. Austin Miles Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Awake, and in His strength renewed Refrain First Line: For Christ must reign Lyrics: 1 Awake, and in His strength renewed, The battle cry take up again; All enemies shall be subdued, And Christ the Lord shall reign. Refrain: For Christ must reign! For Christ must reign! Our hope in Him is not in vain, For Christ must reign! For Christ must reign! For Christ must reign! Our hope in Him is not in vain, For Christ must reign! 2 Too long His foll’wers idly stood, By selfish creed and doctrine rent; Nor knew that for one Brotherhood His own short life was spent. [Refrain] 3 Unite and in His strength go on, Nor count a life as lost, but gain; And soon the vict’ry shall be won, For Jesus Christ must reign. [Refrain] 4 To dare and do for Him is meet, The struggle shall not be in vain; The trumpets shall not call “Retreat,” For Jesus Christ must reign. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Awake, and in His strength renewed]

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He Must Reign

Author: C. Austin Miles Hymnal: Hymns We Love #87 (1935) First Line: Awake, and in His strength renewed Refrain First Line: For Christ must reign Lyrics: 1 Awake, and in His strength renewed, The battle cry take up again; All enemies shall be subdued, And Christ the Lord shall reign. Refrain: For Christ must reign! For Christ must reign! Our hope in Him is not in vain, For Christ must reign! For Christ must reign! For Christ must reign! Our hope in Him is not in vain, For Christ must reign! 2 Too long His foll’wers idly stood, By selfish creed and doctrine rent; Nor knew that for one Brotherhood His own short life was spent. [Refrain] 3 Unite and in His strength go on, Nor count a life as lost, but gain; And soon the vict’ry shall be won, For Jesus Christ must reign. [Refrain] 4 To dare and do for Him is meet, The struggle shall not be in vain; The trumpets shall not call “Retreat,” For Jesus Christ must reign. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Awake, and in His strength renewed]

He Must Reign

Author: C. Austin Miles Hymnal: Praise and Service Songs for Sunday Schools #7 (1927) First Line: Awake, and in His strength renewed Refrain First Line: For Christ must reign Languages: English Tune Title: [Awake, and in His strength renewed]

He Must Reign

Author: C. Austin Miles Hymnal: Premier Hymns #12 (1926) First Line: Awake, and in His strength renewed Refrain First Line: For Christ must reign Languages: English Tune Title: [Awake, and in His strength renewed]

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C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Author of "He Must Reign" in Hymns We Love Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Awake, and in His strength renewed]" in Hymns We Love Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)