The Christian — Warfare and Pilgrimage

Soldiers of the cross, arise!

No. 614
Metre 7s & 5. D.
Tune CALEDONIA.
Words Jared B. Waterbury.
Music Scotch.
Key B-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 6/4
4 stanzas

Words

Soldiers of the cross, arise!Lo! your Leader from the skiesWaves before you glory's prize,—Prize of victory.Seize your armor, gird it on;Soon the battle will be won;See! the strife is almost done;Struggle manfully.

Now the fight of faith begin,Be no more the slaves of sin,Strive the victor's palm to win,Trusting in the Lord:Gird ye on the armor bright,Warriors of the King of light,Never yield, nor lose by flightYour divine reward.

Jesus conquered when he fell,Met and vanquished sin and hell;Now he bids his followers tellTriumphs of his cross.Though the evil hosts appear,Who can doubt, or who can fear?God, our strength and shield, is near;Can we suffer loss?

Onward, then, ye hosts of God!Jesus points the victor's rod;Follow where your Leader trod;Soon you 'll see his face.Soon, your enemies all slain,Crowns of glory you shall gain,Soon you 'll join that glorious trainShouting Jesus' praise.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—WARFARE AND PILGRIMAGE.»; hymn number «614» (large), tune name «CALEDONIA. 7s & 5. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; «D.» in a smaller capital), «SCOTCH.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one double line per system, with «1.» before «Soldiers»: «1. Soldiers of the cross, arise! Lo! your Leader from the skies Waves before you glory's prize,—Prize of vic-to - ry.» / «Seize your ar-mor, gird it on; Soon the battle will be won; See! the strife is almost done; Struggle manful - ly.» No reference line. Stanzas 2–4 follow as text: stanza 2 in the left column, stanza 3 below it with its lines 5–8 (unnumbered) at the top of the right column, stanza 4 in the right column, numbered «2»–«4» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1); «Jared B. Waterbury.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 4 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «:», «;», «!» and «?» («Lord :», «hell ;», «God !», «fear ?»); it is closed up here. «you 'll» (stanza 4, twice) is set with a space before the apostrophe in the print and is kept so. An ink blot on the exemplar partly covers «slain,» and «shall gain,» in stanza 4 (the words are certain: uncertainties.md). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.