To the Battle Front!

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Hear the bugle sounding loud and clear (Pickett)

Author: L. L. Pickett
Tune: [Hear the bugle sounding loud and clear]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Hear the bugle sounding loud and clear,
Calling to the battle-field;
‘Tis the call of Christ, our Captain dear,
Who would have us never yield.

Chorus:
To the battle front we will rise and go,
We will face the foe today!
Where He leads we will follow our Captain true;
To the battle front away, away!

2 While the hosts of God are marshalling,
Will you join their ranks today,
And forward march with Christ our King
To the hottest of the fray? [Chorus]

3 Let us fight each sin and ev’ry vice,
Standing for the good and true;
For the Master needs such soldiers brave,
And He calls for me and you. [Chorus]

4 There are enemies of home and state,
Enemies of truth and right;
We must boldly stand against them all,
For the good must live and fight. [Chorus]

Source: Light and Life Songs No. 2 #61

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Author: L. L. Pickett

Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among who… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Hear the bugle sounding loud and clear (Pickett)
Title:	To the Battle Front!
Author:	L. L. Pickett
Refrain First Line:	To the battle front we will rise and go
Copyright:	Public Domain