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We Are Enlisted In His Name

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1 We are enlisted for the Master,
A joyous band of workers true;
We journey on in shine or shadow,
The great reward in constant view.
Our Royal Leader give us ever,
A faith that shall not be dismayed,
And ever leads the way to conquest,
Then wherefore should we be afraid?

Refrain:
We journey ever, with strong endeavor,
To tell His glory, in song and story;
Till His salvation, shall flood creation,
We are enlisted in His name.

2 Sometimes the conflict rages fiercely,
We almost faint beneath the stress;
Encouraged by our Great Commander,
We take new heart and onward press,
To larger fields of new endeavor,
To higher planes of Christian life,
Determined by His grace to conquer,
To be triumphant in the strife. [Refrain]

3 At last when warfare shall be ended,
And peace shall reign from shore to shore,
We will that army glad triumphant,
Shall rise to praise Him evermore.
What joy to see Him in His beauty,
To look into His smiling face,
And cast our shining crowns before Him,
Who saved us by redeeming grace! [Refrain]

Source: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #35

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Author: William H. Ruebush

William Howe Ruebush (Will H. Ruebush) 1873-1956 Born: June 4, 1873, Sing­ers Glen, Vir­gin­ia. Died: October 6, 1956, Elk­ton, Vir­gin­ia. A vo­cal mu­sic teach­er ear­ly in his ca­reer, Rue­bush di­rect­ed an ar­my band in France in World War I. Af­ter the war, he led ma­ny ci­vil­ian or­ches­tras and bands, and taught at sev­er­al schools, in­clud­ing the Shen­an­do­ah Con­serv­a­to­ry of Mu­sic in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. He com­posed ma­ny marches, in­clud­ing The Stone­wall Bri­gade March, Shen­an­do­ah, and the Al­ma Ma­ter Song for Tu­lane Un­i­ver­si­ty. Rue­bush spent most of his life in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia, where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Rue­bush-Kieff­er Pub­… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: We are enlisted for the Master
Title: We Are Enlisted In His Name
Author: William H. Ruebush
Refrain First Line: We journey ever, with strong endeavor
Publication Date: 1915
Copyright: Public Domain
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