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The call "to arms" is sounding, Throughout the world today

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [The call "to arms" is sounding]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The call “to arms” is sounding
Thro’out the world today,
And Zion’s hosts assemble
In battle’s stern array;
The fight is on in earnest
Against the hosts of sin;
But Jesus shall be victor,
And right the day shall win.

Chorus:
Line up, line up, line up for God today;
‘Tis for Him or against Him,
There is no other way;
Fear not to show your colors,
But hasten to the fray;
Line up, line up, line up for God today.

2 Fall into line, O Christians,
That all the world may know
Upon which side you’re fighting,
For or against the foe;
Some have in battle fallen,
And some have proved untrue;
May not the God of battles
Today depend on you? [Chorus]

3 Fall into line, O Christians,
Tho’ earth and hell oppose;
The God in whom we’re trusting,
Is mightier than our foes;
The morning light is breaking,
The day begins to dawn;
And t’ward the final conquest
Our Lord is marching on. [Chorus]

Source: Great Tabernacle Hymns #106

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	The call "to arms" is sounding, Throughout the world today
Title:	Line Up
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Line up, line up, line up for God today
Publication Date:	1916
Copyright:	Public Domain