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A soldier’s course, from battles won
To new commencing strife:
A pilgrim’s, restless as the sun;—
Behold the Christian’s life!
Prepared the trumpet's call to greet,
Soldier of Jesus, stand !
Pilgrim of Christ, with ready feet
Await thy Lord's command.
The hosts of Satan pant for spoil;
How can thy warfare close ?
Lonely, thou tread'st a foreign soil ;
How canst thou hope repose ?
Seek, soldier ! pilgrim ! seek thine home,
Reveal'd in sacred lore ;
The land, whence pilgrims never roam,
Where soldiers war no more
Where grief shall never wound, nor death
Disturb the Saviour's reign ;
Nor sin, with pestilential breath,
His holy realm profane :
The land, where, (suns and moons unknown,
And night's alternate sway,)
Jehovah's ever-burning throne
Upholds unbroken day :
The land, (for Heaven its bliss unseen
Bids earthly types suggest,)
Where healing leaves and fadeless green
Fruit-laden groves invest:
Where founts of life their treasures yield
In streams that never cease ;
Where everlasting mountains shield
Vales of eternal peace :
Where they who meet shall never part;
Where grace achieves its plan ;
And God, uniting every heart,
Dwells face to face with man.
---Alternative verses---
The hosts of darkness pant for spoil —
How can our warfare close?
Lonely we tread a foreign soil —
How can we hope repose?
O! let us seek our heavenly home,
Revealed in sacred lore;
The land whence pilgrims never roam,
Where soldiers war no more;
Where grief shall never wound, nor death,
Beneath the Saviour’s reign;
Nor sin, with pestilential breath,
His holy realm profane;
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1803
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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SAWLEY
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Dates:
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1860
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Song #
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Key
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| # 741 | Bb | | # 424 | Bb | | # 633 | Bb | | # 1143 | Bb | | # 9 | Bb | | # 334 | Bb | | # 305 | Bb |
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