…like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:3
Words: Stella M. Thompson, in The Pilot (Lenoir, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1914), number 79.
Music: Emancipation Oak David E. Dortch, Spirit and Life (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz & Company, 1893), number 115 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Thompson (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
At your post be found, ne’er a traitor be,
To the blessèd Lord who hath made you free;
Tho’ temptations come, thrust them all aside,
In His goodness trust whatsoe’er betide.
Refrain
At your post be found as the days go by;
For the needed strength on His grace rely;
At your post be found when the Lord shall come,
And with Him you’ll share endless joys at home.
At your post be found, not a duty shirk,
In the Master’s name you today should work;
It will not be long ere death’s shadows fall,
O’er the rich and poor, o’er the great and small.
Refrain
At your post be found, with His flag unfurled,
When you’re summoned home from this transient world;
And reward you’ll gain when with hosts you stand
’Round the judgment throne in the heav’nly land.
Refrain