1 Wake, Christian soldiers, wake;
Prepare for glorious strife;
Your heavenly armour quickly take,
Contend for endless life,
Contend for endless life.
2 Rally around the cross,
Lift up your faithful eye,
And hail the symbol of your cause--
Your banner in the sky.
3 By this invincible,
Victoriously withstand
The legions from the gates of hell--
Apollyon's veteran band.
4 Well train'd to war are they,
And fight with wild despair:
To arms! to arms! and win the day,
And drive them to their lair.
5 Your captain leads the van;
Hark to his cheering words!
Yours is the cause of God and man:
Salvation is the Lord's.
6 Be firm, be bold, be true,
Nor ever fly the field;
Your God will bring you conq'rors through:
Your enemies must yield.
7 Your armour comes from heaven,
To heaven it clears the way;
And brighter crowns shall there be given,
And palms of victory.
8 Courage, ye blood-wash'd host;
Look to the Lord alone;
And soon eternal triumphs boast,
Through God's eternal Son.
Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #13b
Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :—
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