Scripture Verse

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2:10

Introduction

Words: D. E. Cor­bin, in The Search Light, ed­it­ed by Au­gu­stus My­ers (Dayt­on, Ohio: W. W. Whit­ney, 1894), num­ber 91.

Music: Kher­son Au­gu­stus F. My­ers (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Cor­bin’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or My­ers (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

We are sol­diers of God,
We’re en­camped on the field,
We will fear not nor fal­ter,
For the Lord is our shield.
We will fight for our king,
And pre­vail against wrong,
For our cap­tain is Je­sus,
And sal­va­tion our song.

We’ve en­list­ed for life;
With our ban­ners un­furled,
We will march forth to bat­tle,
To con­quer the world;
Evil must be de­throned,
Satan’s king­dom must fall,
And the Christ of the Bi­ble
Shall rule ov­er all.

Then with life’s bat­tles fought,
In our tri­umph com­plete,
We will march to the ci­ty,
To the great judg­ment seat.
We will sweep thro’ the gates,
Up the gold­en paved streets,
And we’ll lay down our ar­mor
At the dear Sav­ior’s feet.