Scripture Verse

Cast off the works of darkness, and…put on the armor of light. Romans 13:12

Introduction

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George Hugg (1848–1907)

Words: Charles H. Ga­bri­el, in Sal­va­tion Songs (New York & Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1895), num­ber 93. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as C. D. Em­er­son, one of Ga­bri­el’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: George C. Hugg (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

O Chris­tian, gird the ar­mor on,
And press the fight with sin!
Go forth against the hosts of wrong,
Go forth our cause to win;
The con­flict wild­ly rag­es,
No long­er, then, de­lay,
But, trust­ing in Je­ho­vah’s might,
Go! watch, and fight, and pray.

Refrain

Hallelujah! they are march­ing on,
Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
The ar­mies of the liv­ing God
Are march­ing on.

O Chris­tian, gird the ar­mor on,
And hast­en to the field;
Against the pow­ers of dark­ness go,
Determined not to yield!
Clad in a full sal­va­tion,
The Spir­it’s sword in hand,
From vic­to­ry un­to vic­to­ry go!
It is the Lord’s com­mand.

Refrain

O Chris­tian, gird the ar­mor on,
The world is watch­ing thee;
With pray­er and sup­pli­ca­tion press
Along to vic­to­ry!
Be loy­al to His ser­vice,
His truth to all pro­claim;
God loves a val­iant war­ri­or,
Then go in Je­sus’ name.

Refrain