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BUCKLE ON THE ARMOR

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Incipit: 55556 55122 22332 Used With Text: Christian, buckle on thy armor
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Christian, buckle on thy armor

Author: C. Jay Smith Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Life is one continued battle Used With Tune: BUCKLE ON THE ARMOR
Christian, buckle on thy armor

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Buckle On The Armor

Author: C. Jay Smith Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11942 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D First Line: Life is one continued battle Refrain First Line: Christian, buckle on thy armor Lyrics: 1 Life is one continued battle, Never ended, never o’er; And the Christian’s path to glory Is a conflict evermore. Refrain: Christian, buckle on thy armor, Let the weak points strengthened be; Fight thy fight—all Heav’n shall greet thee In the hour of victory. 2 Satan ever watches round him, Seeks to find the weakest part, And in moments most unheeded, Quickly throws his fiery dart. [Refrain] 3 If perchance thy heart grows weary With the struggle and the fight, And the day seems dark and dreary, Little sunshine, little light: [Refrain] 4 Be that light but faint and feeble, It shall guide thee evermore, And at every battle leave thee Stronger than thou wast before. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: BONHAM
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Christian, buckle on thy armor

Author: C. Jay Smith Hymnal: The Praise Hymnal #433 (1896) First Line: Life is one continued battle Languages: English Tune Title: BUCKLE ON THE ARMOR
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Christian, buckle on thy armor

Author: C. Jay Smith Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #637 (1882) First Line: Life is one continued battle Topics: Christian Warfare Languages: English Tune Title: BUCKLE ON THE ARMOR
Christian, buckle on thy armor

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J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Person Name: James H. Rosecrans Composer of "BONHAM" in The Cyber Hymnal James Holmes Rosecrans stu­died at the Baxter Un­i­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic in Friend­ship, New York. Af­ter teaching for two years, he joined the Fill­more Bro­thers Mu­sic House in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teach­ing mu­sic in Doug­las Coun­ty, Col­o­ra­do. In 1884, was an evan­gel­ist in California, and later was as­so­ci­ated with evan­gel­is­tic efforts in Tex­as, and taught mu­sic and Bi­ble at Carl­ton College in Bon­ham, Tex­as. He pub­lished over 20 music col­lect­ions in his life­time. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
J. H. Rosecrans

C. Jay Smith

Author of "Buckle On The Armor" in The Cyber Hymnal
C. Jay Smith
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