Scripture Verse

Be not afraid nor dismayed…for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 2 Chronicles 20:15

Introduction

Words: Ro­bert F. Gor­don, in Chris­tian En­dea­vor Hymns, by Ira San­key (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1894), num­ber 3.

Music: Val­le­jo Ira D. San­key, 1894 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Gor­don (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908)

Lyrics

For Christ our Prince and Sav­ior,
For truth and ho­li­ness,
We wage a con­stant war­fare,
And on­ward bold­ly press;
We brave the stern­est con­flict,
By con­scious strength in­spired,
Our hearts by fear un­shak­en,
Our souls by cour­age fired.

The war we wage is blood­less,
We fight not to de­stroy.
The mot­to on our ban­ner,
Is Pardon, Peace, and Joy;
We strive to free the cap­tive,
Now held by sin a slave,
To cheer the faint and hope­less,
And make the trem­bling brave.

But Christ hath all the hon­or,
’Tis He that makes us strong,
The tro­phies of each con­quest,
To Him alone be­long;
And His shall be the triumph,
The glo­ry and re­nown,
And His the praise ex­ult­ing,
And His the vic­tor’s crown.