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Soldiers of Christ Arise!

Charles Wesley

“Soldiers of Christ Arise!” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Charles Wesley: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Soldiers of Christ! arise

And put your armor on!

Strong in the strength which God supplies

Through His eternal Son;

Verse 2

Strong in the Lord of hosts,

And in his mighty power:

Who in the strength of Jesus trusts

Is more than conqueror.

Verse 3

Stand, then, in His great might,

With all His strength endued;

And take, to arm you for the fight,

The panoply of God.

Verse 4

To keep your armor bright

Attend with constant care,

Still walking in your Captain's sight,

And watching unto prayer.

Verse 5

From strength to strength go on;

Wrestle, and fight, and pray;

Tread all the powers of darkness down,

And win the well-fought day;—

Verse 6

That, having all things done,

And all your conflicts past,

Ye may o'ercome through Christ alone,

And stand complete at last.Amen.

Credits

Written by Charles Wesley

Words by Charles Wesley. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Soldiers of Christ Arise!”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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