Old Melodies

Am I a soldier of the cross

No. 1144
Tune LOVER OF THE LORD.
Music Arranged.
Key G major
Time 4/4
1 stanzas

Words

Am I a soldier of the cross,A follower of the Lamb,And shall I fear to own his cause,Or blush to speak his name?

O, I must be a lover of the Lord,O I must be a lover of the Lord, of the Lord,O, I must be a lover of the Lord,If I want to reign with Jesus when he comes.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «MISCELLANEOUS—OLD MELODIES.»; hymn number «1144» (large) with, under it, «See No. 599 for other stanzas.» in italics («No.» and «599» upright); tune name «LOVER OF THE LORD.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals); «Chorus.» in bold over the start of the chorus; «ARRANGED.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). No meter, no reference line and no author are printed (No. 599, words only, gives the six stanzas of «Am I a soldier of the cross» signed «Isaac Watts.»). Only stanza 1 is printed, interlinear: «1.» and a brace with two lines — «Am I a sol-dier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb,» (first time through the verse) / «And shall I fear to own his cause, Or blush to speak his name?» (on the repeat) —; then a new brace with the chorus on both lines «O, I must be a lov-er of the», continued under system 2: line 1 «Lord, O I must be a lov-er of the Lord, of the Lord,» (first ending), line 2 «Lord, (omit.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If I want to reign with Jesus when he comes.» (second time: «(omit.)» = leave out the first ending and sing the second). In the first ending the words «of the Lord,» are sung by the lower voices while the soprano holds «Lord,». The printer's thin space before «?» («name ?») is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.