Keep My Sabbaths

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Soldiers of the Sunday school army

Author: F. G. Burroughs
Tune: [Soldiers of the Sunday school army]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Soldiers of th' Sunday-school army,
Stand equipped in bright array!
God is calling forth the loyal
To protect his holy day.

Chorus:
Show your weapons boldly, soldiers,
Make God's word your trusted sword;
While he trumpets, "keep my Sabbaths!"
Shout ye all, "We will, dear Lord!"

2 Soldiers of th' Sunday-school army,
See the ranks of sin draw near,
Striving to annul God's precepts,
And destroy his day, so dear! [Chorus]

3 Soldiers of th' Sunday-school army,
Rear ye not the foe's alarm;
Though a host encamp against you,
You may shield God's day from harm. [Chorus]

4 Soldiers of th' Sunday-school army,
Rouse ye in this time of need;
Hold aloft your Lord's commandments,
Keep his day in truth and deed. [Chorus]

Source: Radiant Songs: for use in meetings for Christian worship or work #105

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Author: F. G. Burroughs

F. G. Burroughs was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of Ophelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Soldiers of the Sunday school army
Title:	Keep My Sabbaths
Author:	F. G. Burroughs
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Show your weapons boldly, soldiers
Copyright:	Public Domain